Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Paperback / softback
Main Details
Title |
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Mark Twain
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Series | Modern Library Classics |
Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:304 | Dimensions(mm): Height 202,Width 132 |
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Category/Genre | Modern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Classic fiction (pre c 1945) |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780375757372
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Classifications | Dewey:813.54 |
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Audience | Tertiary Education (US: College) | General | |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Random House USA Inc
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Imprint |
Modern Library Inc
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Publication Date |
14 August 2001 |
Publication Country |
United States
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Description
The story of a young boy's pysical voyage down the wild Mississippi with Jim, a runaway slave, as well as his moral journey as eh struggles with his conscience over the question of slavery.With new introduction, commentary, notes and reading group guide
Author Biography
George Saunders, who was chosen in 1999 by The New Yorker as one of the twenty best American fiction writers age forty and under, is the award-winning author of several books of fiction and nonfiction, including CivilWarLand in Bad Decline and The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip. He teaches in the creative writing program at Syracuse University.
Reviews"All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called "Huckleberry Finn". . . . There was nothing before. There has been nothing as good since." --Ernest Hemingway
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