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

Mark Twain (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 26, 1991

(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)

Along with Blake and Dickens, Mark Twain was one of the nineteenth century’s greatest chroniclers of childhood. These two novels reveal different aspects of his genius: Tom Sawyer is a much-loved story about the sheer pleasure of being a boy; Huckleberry Finn, the book Hemingway said was the source of all the American fiction that followed it, is both a hilarious account of an incorrigible truant and a tremendous parable of innocence in conflict with the fallen adult world.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn . . . All American writing comes from that. There was nothing before. There has been nothing as good since.” –Ernest Hemingway

“As characters Tom and Huck have become American myths (a form of transubstantiation achieved by remarkably few fictional creations in the last hundred years), and that very fact indicates that whatever distinctions are made between the two novels, and however many reservations are cited about either or both, Twain possessed extraordinary imaginative power.” –from the Introduction by Miles Donald

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Introduction by Miles Donald

Product Details

• Hardcover: 600 pages
• Publisher: Everyman's Library (November 26, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0679405844
• ISBN-13: 978-0679405849
• Product Dimensions: 5.4 x 1.4 x 8.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #374,635 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.