The adventures of Huckleberry Finn

"The classic boyhood adventure tale, updated with a new introduction by noted Mark Twain scholar R. Kent Rasmussen In recent years, neither the persistent effort to "clean up" the racial epithets in Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn nor its consistent use in the classroom have diminished,...

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Main Author: Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Penguin Books, 2014.
Series:Penguin classics.
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245 1 4 |a The adventures of Huckleberry Finn /  |c Mark Twain ; foreword by Azar Nafisi ; introduction and notes by R. Kent Rasmussen. 
264 1 |a New York :  |b Penguin Books,  |c 2014. 
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500 |a "First published in Great Britain by Chatto & Windus, 1884. USA by Charles L. Webster and Co., 1885."--Title page verso. 
520 |a "The classic boyhood adventure tale, updated with a new introduction by noted Mark Twain scholar R. Kent Rasmussen In recent years, neither the persistent effort to "clean up" the racial epithets in Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn nor its consistent use in the classroom have diminished, highlighting the novel's wide-ranging influence and its continued importance in American society. An incomparable adventure story, it is a vignette of a turbulent, yet hopeful epoch in American history, defining the experience of a nation in voices often satirical, but always authentic"--Provided by publisher. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-345). 
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