The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – Mark Twain 1997 | Folio Society

$45.00

  • Author: Mark Twain
  • Publisher: Folio Society, London, 1997
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Condition: Fine
  • Size: 8vo
  • Attributes: Illustrated

Another beautiful edition of Mark Twain’s most celebrated work by The Folio Society. Black cloth, decorated boards. Binding tight, internally fine. Illustrated with many wood engravings by Harry Brockway. Slipcase rubbed around the edges, sun faded. Book is in Fine condition. Fine in VG slipcase.

This Essential Classics edition of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Annotated) includes a new introduction by Professor Vivian Heller, PhD in literature and modern studies from Yale University.

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is an American classic, a book that has inspired troves of writers in its wake, and that has sparked generations of discussion and debate. It is a novel by Mark Twain noted for its depiction of people and locations along the Mississippi River. One of the first major American novels to employ vernacular English, Adventure of Huckleberry Finn offers a satire on Southern Antebelleum society, particularly regarding attitudes of racism. Told in the first person by protagonist Huckleberry Finn, the book is a direct sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. This Essential Classics edition includes a new introduction by Professor Vivian Heller, PhD in literature and modern studies from Yale University. 

Mark Twain was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in 1835. Raised in Missouri, Twain gained prominence for The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the latter known as a Great American Novel. 

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