The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - With an Introduction by John Seelye. Notes by Guy Cardwell
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| Verlag | Penguin UK |
| Auflage | 2010 |
| Seiten | 327 |
| Format | 14,5 x 21 x 2,6 cm |
| Gewicht | 404 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| Reihe | Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition |
| ISBN-10 | 0143105949 |
| EAN | 9780143105947 |
| Bestell-Nr | 14310594EA |
Narrated by a poor, illiterate white boy living in America\'s deep South before the Civil War, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is the story of Huck\'s escape from his brutal father and the relationship that grows between him and Jim, the slave who is fleeing from an even more brutal oppression. As they journey down the Mississippi their adventures address some of the most profound human conundrums: the prejudices of class, age, and colour are pitted against the qualities of hope, courage, and moral character. Enormously influential in the development of American literature, Huckleberry Finn remains a controversial novel at the centre of impassioned critical debate.
Klappentext:
Mark Twain\'s tale of a boy\'s picaresque journey down the Mississippi on a raft conveyed the voice and experience of the American frontier as no other work had done before. When Huck escapes from his drunken father and the \'sivilizing\' Widow Douglas with the runaway slave Jim, he embarks on a series of adventures that draw him to feuding families and the trickery of the unscrupulous \'Duke\' and \'Dauphin\'. Beneath the exploits, however, are more serious undercurrents - of slavery, adult control and, above all, of Huck\'s struggle between his instinctive goodness and the corrupt values of society, which threaten his deep and enduring friendship with Jim.
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"All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn. It\'s the best book we\'ve had." --Ernest Hemingway