{"product_id":"the-adventures-of-huckleberry-finn-1","title":"The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMark Twain's witty, satirical tale of childhood rebellion against hypocritical adult authority, the Penguin Classics edition of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is edited with a critical introduction by Peter Coveney.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMark Twain's story of a boy's 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, abusive 'Pap' and the 'sivilizing' Widow Douglas with 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on the first edition of 1884, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e includes a chronology and list of further reading by Richard Maxwell.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSamuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910) trained as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi river; 'Mark Twain', a phrase used on riverboats to indicate that the water is two fathoms deep, became the pseudonym by which he was best known. After the Civil War, Twain turned to journalism, publishing his first short story in 1865. Dubbed 'the father of American literature' by William Faulkner, Twain led a colourful life of travelling, bankruptcy and great literary success.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you enjoyed \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, you may like Mark Twain's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, also available in Penguin Classics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHuckleberry Finn\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e... There has been nothing as good since'\u003cbr\u003eErnest Hemingway\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHuckleberry Finn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, like other great works of imagination, can give to every reader whatever he is capable of taking from it'\u003cbr\u003eT.S. Eliot\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Crosswordbooks.uae","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42137645580363,"sku":"BK0008549","price":42.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0646\/4877\/3707\/files\/TheAdventuresOfHuckleberryFinn.jpg?v=1779774303","url":"https:\/\/crosswordbooks.ae\/products\/the-adventures-of-huckleberry-finn-1","provider":"Crossword Dubai","version":"1.0","type":"link"}