Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Mark Twain
SeriesModern Library Classics
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:304
Dimensions(mm): Height 202,Width 132
Category/GenreModern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9780375757372
ClassificationsDewey:813.54
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Random House USA Inc
Imprint Modern Library Inc
Publication Date 14 August 2001
Publication Country United States

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