The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Everyman's Library) [Hardcover]

Mark Twain (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 1954 | ISBN-10: 0460009761 | ISBN-13: 978-0460009768

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain, is a popular 1876 novel about a young boy growing up in the Antebellum South on the Mississippi River in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, Missouri. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) (often shortened to Huck Finn) by Mark Twain is commonly accounted as one of the first Great American Novels. It is also one of the first major American novels ever written using Local Color Regionalism, or vernacular, told in the first person by the eponymous Huckleberry "Huck" Finn, best friend of Tom Sawyer and hero of three other Mark Twain books.— Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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Introduction by Miles Donald --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 448 pages
• Publisher: Dutton Adult (April 1, 1954)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0460009761
• ISBN-13: 978-0460009768
• Product Dimensions: 20 x 20 x 20 inches
• Shipping Weight: 20 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,400,175 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Mark Twain (1835-1910) was an American humorist, satirist, social critic, lecturer and novelist. He is mostly remembered for his classic novels The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This edition is not abridged!, November 16, 2009

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Diana "Diana" (NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (Everyman's Library) (Hardcover)

I just want to point out that this hardcover Everyman's Library edition is not abridged. Most of the reviews posted here apply to the Signet mass market edition, which apparently is abridged. The Everyman's edition contains both novels in full.

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautifully Bound, July 24, 2000

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JKNG (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (Everyman's Library) (Hardcover)

A wonderful edition which includes both Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (very handy for the Twain lover). It also has a red bookmark attached to the binding so you can easily find your place. The book is small and light so it is ideal for travelling and reading out of your home. It also includes a nice introduction and a comparative chronology of Twain's life. For a Twain collector, this is a lovely, readable copy.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great book for all ages, January 13, 2004

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Frikle - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn (Wordsworth Classics) (Wordsworth Collection) (Paperback)

This is a collection of two books that are often considered for children. However, they are suitable for both adults and children. The kids will love the adventure, the wonderfully irreverent and humorous view of childhood and the characters with their loyalty and friendship. The adults will also enjoy the satire of life in the "proper" lower middle-class society of the South with the sendups of hypocricy, false religiousity, racism and slavery and the like.

Tom Sawyer is probably more oriented for children than the other one. Here, the focus is Tom, who is largely a child prankster. His romantic ideals of doing things like running away to be a pirate are the source of great amusement and reflection for him - and worry for his family.

Huckleberry Finn has more adult themes. Here, the mockery of society is much harsher as Huck escapes from his abusive, drunk father to sail down the Mississippi with Tom and Jim (a runaway slave). Along the way the get to see the best and worst of what America on the river has to offer.

These books should be treasured and deserve their fame. Twain informs and relates in a totally entertaining and warm way.