Sweeping readers from the New England colonies to the banks of the Mississipppi, to the battle fields of the Civil War to the storm tossed waters of the Atlantic, this extraordinary collection is ideal-and most economical-for classrooms, libraries, and homes.
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What connects these four American masterpieces? Melville and Hawthorne were friends, and in a sense helped inspire each other. Wouldn't it then have made more sense to put together their two greatest masterpieces, ' The Scarlett Letter' and ' Moby Dick' Or is it only a matter of size and convenience that Melville's last work, and one of his great ones 'Billy Budd'is chosen for this volume? And why link with them Crane and Twain? True their best books are chosen and so of these four great American masters we have the best books of three. And only one's greatest masterpiece, and arguably the greatest prose masterpiece in American literature is left out.
Yet how complain about the abundance of riches this volume offers? Each one of the four works here is a small world in itself. Hester Prynne ( A Scarlet Letter) Huck, Henry Fleming , and Billy Budd each is put through a kind of moral test. Two have more or less tragic ends (Hester and Billy Budd) and two have redemptive moral journeys which enable them to continue on their journeys of life, wiser and morally strengthened. This is great literature, the best America has to give. And the four taken together are if this is what the reader seeks, a bargain.
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The Scarlet Letter is super. It is well written and tells a touching tale of Puritan hypocrisy. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a masterpiece of American Literature. The Red Badge of Courage is Fine, and Billy Budd is the story of an innocent sailor prosecuted for a false charge of mutany.
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IT IS A LITTLE REMARKABLE that-though disinclined to talk overmuch of myself and my affairs at the fireside, and to my personal friends-an autobiographical impulse should twice in my life have taken possession of me, in addressing the public. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
loud young soldier, loud soldier, tattered man, tattered soldier, runaway nigger, handsome sailor, youthful lieutenant, tall soldier, embroidered letter Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hester Prynne, Captain Vere, Roger Chillingworth, Mary Jane, Tom Sawyer, Aunt Sally, Billy Budd, Custom House, New England, Miss Watson, Arthur Dimmesdale, Governor Bellingham, Huck Finn, Mars Tom, Mistress Hibbins, Black Man, Aunt Polly, Ben Rogers, Jimmy Legs, Miss Sophia, Peter Wilks, Mistress Prynne, Old Manse, Royal Nonesuch, Surveyor Pue New!
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IT IS A LITTLE REMARKABLE that-though disinclined to talk overmuch of myself and my affairs at the fireside, and to my personal friends-an autobiographical impulse should twice in my life have taken possession of me, in addressing the public. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
loud young soldier, loud soldier, tattered man, tattered soldier, runaway nigger, handsome sailor, youthful lieutenant, tall soldier, embroidered letter Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hester Prynne, Captain Vere, Roger Chillingworth, Mary Jane, Tom Sawyer, Aunt Sally, Billy Budd, Custom House, New England, Miss Watson, Arthur Dimmesdale, Governor Bellingham, Huck Finn, Mars Tom, Mistress Hibbins, Black Man, Aunt Polly, Ben Rogers, Jimmy Legs, Miss Sophia, Peter Wilks, Mistress Prynne, Old Manse, Royal Nonesuch, Surveyor Pue New!
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- Billy Budd and Other Stories (Penguin Classics) by Herman Melville on 4 pages
- The Scarlet Letter (Bantam Classics) by Nathaniel Hawthorne on 4 pages
- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Macmillan Readers) by M Twain in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Front Matter (3)
- The Red Badge of Courage (Tor Classics) by Stephen Crane in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Front Matter (3)
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Bantam Classic) by Mark Twain in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Front Matter (3)
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