The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: A Penguin Enriched eBook Classic

Mark Twain

Sep 2008 · Sold by Penguin

About this ebook

Of all the contenders for the title of The Great American Novel, none has a better claim than The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Intended at first as a simple story of a boy's adventures in the Mississippi Valley ”a sequel to Tom Sawyer” the book grew and matured under Twain's hand into a work of immeasurable richness and complexity. More than a century after its publication, the critical debate over the symbolic significance of Huck's and Jim's voyage is still fresh, and it remains a major work that can be enjoyed at many levels: as an incomparable adventure story and as a classic of American humor.

Enriched eBook Features Editor R. Kent Rasmussen provides the following specially commissioned features for this Enriched eBook Classic:

* Chronology

* Filmography and Stills from the 1920 Silent Film Huckleberry Film

* Contemporary Reviews of Huckleberry Finn

* Further Reading

* Online Mark Twain Resources and Places to Visit

* Photos of Mark Twain Sites and First Edition Frontispiece

* Selection of E.W. Kemble’s Illustrations for the First Edition of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and John Harley’s Illustrations for the First Edition of Life on the Mississippi

* Enriched eBook Notes

The enriched eBook format invites readers to go beyond the pages of these beloved works and gain more insight into the life and times of an author and the period in which the book was originally written for a rich reading experience.

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