This edition features a new introduction by noted Mark Twain scholar R. Kent Rasmussen that situates the novel for a contemporary audience, and a foreword by Azar Nafisi, author of The Republic of Imagination .
Huckleberry Finn and Jim the slave escape their difficult lives by fleeing down the Mississippi on a raft. There, they find steamships, feuding families, an unlikely Duke and King and vital lessons about the world in which they live.
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This edition features a new introduction by noted Mark Twain scholar R. Kent Rasmussen that situates the novel for a contemporary audience, and a foreword by Azar Nafisi, author of The Republic of Imagination .
Huckleberry Finn and Jim the slave escape their difficult lives by fleeing down the Mississippi on a raft. There, they find steamships, feuding families, an unlikely Duke and King and vital lessons about the world in which they live.
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Possibly the worthiest contender for the title of The Great American Novel, this perennial bestseller is updated with a new introduction by Mark Twain scholar R. Kent Rasmussen.The classic boyhood adventure tale, updated with a new introduction by noted Mark Twain scholar R. Kent Rasmussen and a foreword by Azar Nafisi, author ofReading Lolita in TehranandThe Republic of ImaginationIn recent years, neither the persistent effort to"clean up" the racial epithets in Mark Twain'sAdventures of Huckleberry Finnnor its consistentuse in the classroom have diminished, highlightingthe novel's wide-ranging influence andits continued importance in American society.An incomparable adventure story, it is a vignetteof a turbulent, yet hopeful epoch in Americanhistory, defining the experience of a nation invoices often satirical, but always authentic.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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“"All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn ." Ernest Hemingway”
“All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn.”
–Ernest Hemingway
About the Author
Mark Twain(1835-1910) was born SamuelLanghorne Clemens in Florida, Missouri. Starting out astypesetter, he went on to work as a steamboat pilot,prospector, and journalist before publishing his first majorbook,The Innocents Abroad.Azar Nafisiis the #1New York Timesbestselling author ofReading Lolita in Tehran,Things I've Been Silent About, andThe Republic of Imagination. A passionate advocate of books and reading, she appears regularly on major media and speaks to packed audiences around the world. She lives in Washington, D.C.R. Kent Rasmussenis the author or editor of ninebooks on Mark Twain, including the award-winningMark Twain A to Z, as well as more than a dozen otherbooks. He lives in Southern California.
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