The adventures of Huckleberry Finn /
Mark Twain ; with an introduction by John Seelye ; notes by Guy Cardwell.

Description

Main Author

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.

Related Names

Cardwell, Guy, 1905-
Seelye, John D.

Language(s)

English

Published

New York : Penguin Books, 2009.

Subjects

Boys > Boys / Fiction.
Race relations > Race relations / Fiction.
Fugitive slaves > Fugitive slaves / Fiction.
Male friendship > Male friendship / Fiction.
Runaway children > Runaway children / Fiction.
Finn, Huckleberry (Fictitious character) > Finn, Huckleberry (Fictitious character) / Fiction.
Mississippi River > Mississippi River / Fiction.
Missouri > Missouri / History > Missouri / History / 19th century > Missouri / History / 19th century / Fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Humorous fiction.
Adventure fiction.

Summary

A feisty young boy fakes his own death to escape his abusive father and heads off down the Mississippi River with his newfound friend Jim, a runaway slave.

Note

"Edition with an introduction by John Seelye published in Penguin Books (U.K.) 1985. Published in Penguin Books (U.S.A.) 1986. Edition with notes by Guy Cardwell [first] published in Penguin Books (U.S.A.) 2003"--T.p. verso.
"First published In Great Britain by Chatto & Windus 1884. First published in the United States of America by Charles L. Webster and Co., 1885"--T.p. verso.

Physical Description

xxxiii, 327 p. : map ; 21 cm.

ISBN

0143105949 (pbk.)
9780143105947 (pbk.)

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