Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – Mark Twain 2004 | Folio Society

$45.00

  • Author: Mark Twain
  • Publisher: Folio Society, 2004
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Condition: Fine
  • Size: 8vo
  • Attributes: Illustrated

A new Folio Society edition of Mark Twain’s classic. Binding tight, internally fine, unmarked. Illustrated with many wonderful wood engravings by Harry Brockway. Fine in Near Fine slipcase.

Referring to Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, H. L. Mencken noted that his discovery of this classic American novel was “the most stupendous event of my whole life”; Ernest Hemingway declared that ” all modern American literature stems from this one book,” while T. S. Eliot called Huck “one of the permanent symbolic figures of fiction, not unworthy to take a place with Ulysses, Faust, Don Quixote, Don Juan, Hamlet.”

The novel’s preeminence derives from its wonderfully imaginative re-creation of boyhood adventures along the Mississippi River, its inspired characterization, the author’s remarkable ear for dialogue, and the book’s understated development of serious underlying themes: “natural” man versus “civilized” society, the evils of slavery, the innate value and dignity of human beings, and other topics. Most of all, Huckleberry Finn is a wonderful story, filled with high adventure and unforgettable characters.

This special Folio Society edition includes a new Introduction by Colin Ward and numerous wood engravings by Harry Brockway.

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