Adventures of Huckleberry Finn |
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Author:
| Twain, Mark |
Editor:
| Elliott, Emory |
Series title: | Oxford World's Classics Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-19-282441-7 |
Publication Date: | May 1999 |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $6.95 |
Book Description:
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Enormously influential in the development of American literature, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn remains a controversial novel at the center of impassioned critical debate. Set in the deep South before the Civil War, the novel follows Huck Finn--a poor, illiterate white boy--and a slave named Jim as they flee the unhappy circumstances of their lives in a journey down the Mississippi River. Their evolving relationship addresses some of the most profound aspects of the human condition:...
More DescriptionEnormously influential in the development of American literature, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn remains a controversial novel at the center of impassioned critical debate. Set in the deep South before the Civil War, the novel follows Huck Finn--a poor, illiterate white boy--and a slave named Jim as they flee the unhappy circumstances of their lives in a journey down the Mississippi River. Their evolving relationship addresses some of the most profound aspects of the human condition: the prejudices of race, class, and age, and the qualities of hope, courage, and moral character.