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Mark Twain
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.
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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…
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This stunning Oxford Children's Classic edition is the perfect introduction to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn-the iconic adventure novel. Features an introduction by Candy Gourlay and other bonus material including…
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Features animals and parables subverted. This title includes fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and elephants.
Fresh from his escapades with Tom Sawyer, with six thousand dollars in the bank, Huck Finn faces a new challenge: his father, Pap, who wants Huck's fortune and will stop…
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A fine exclusive edition of one of literature’s most beloved stories. Featuring a laser-cut jacket on a textured book with foil stamping, all titles in this series will be first…
Experience the captivating power of one of America's greatest storytellers with the Dover Bookshelf series. This hardcover volume, designed with beautiful elements and typography, captures Mark Twain's imaginative recollection of…
This rather simple plot is a most compelling drama that bristles with suspense as it contains all the elements of a classic 19th-century mystery including, reversed identities, a horrible crime…
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Christian Science is a 1907 book by the American writer Mark Twain.
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"Following the Equator" is an ancient humor adventure story book written by Mark Twain. Twain describes his adventures on a global tour in this literary masterwork, which mixtures elements of…
"When Huckleberry Finn meets runaway slave Jim, the two absconders decide to strike out for freedom, travelling down the Mississippi on a makeshift raft."--
You don't know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; but that ain't no matter. That book was made by…
After a blow to the head American Hank Morgan wakes up in England. Specifically King Arthur's England of 528. With no other options Morgan uses his knowledge of science to…
[Date: 1601.] Conversation, as it was by the Social Fireside, in the Time of the Tudors. or simply 1601 is the title of a short risqu? squib by Mark Twain…
Chiltern Publishing was formed in 2018 with a vision to create the most beautiful classics. Using a perfect mix of tradition and the very latest in printing techniques, 19th Century…
Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a quintessential American novel, chronicling Huck and Jim's journey down the Mississippi River. Twain's vivid prose explores themes of freedom, friendship and…
William Dean Howells
My Mark Twain (from Literary Friends and Acquaintance), a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha…
Help your middle grade child build proficiency in US history and AP US history with the activity-packed Mark Twain Maps for US History Geography Workbook! Books on American History are…
Help your 4th grade, 5th grade, middle school, or high school child build proficiency in math with the activity-packed Mark Twain Mathematics Puzzles Math Activity Book!
This critical edition publishes-for the first time anywhere-the original manuscript and revised versions of Pudd'nhead Wilson.
Mark Twain's story of the antebellum South, first published in 1894, continues to prompt…
The classic story of a boy growing up in a small town on the Mississippi. An abridged edition for young readers, with full-colour illustrations.
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If you like the sound of rafting down the mighty Mississippi then The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is the story for you! Huckleberry Finn escapes from his cruel father with…
If you like wild adventures then The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is the story for you! Tom Sawyer is imaginative, exuberant and full of bravado and creates quite a stir…
Mark Twain’s funny and heartwarming story of a Mississippi childhood
Huckleberry Finn had a tough life with his drunk father until an adventure with Tom Sawyer changed everything. But when Huck’s dad returns and kidnaps him, he must escape down…
On the banks of the Mississippi, Tom Sawyer and his friends seek out adventure at every turn. Then one fateful night they witness a murder. The boys swear never to…
This story of a boy growing up in a small town on the Mississippi, in a new edition with 70 original illustrations by Robert Ingpen.
Archibald Henderson
Nevertheless, the observation of M. Forgues is just and authentic–the Attic flavour of l'esprit Gaulois is alien to the loosely articulated structure of American humour. The noteworthy criticism which Mark…
Albert Bigelow Paine
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
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I. M. Walker
Originally published in 1970. Mark Twain is generally known as a children’s writer. This serious and appreciative introduction by I. M. Walker shows that he is in fact a great…
Peter Messent
This book provides an overview of Mark Twain’s work and a close critical analysis of the forms and themes of his major texts.
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Wayne Ashmore
Mark Twain lived during the time of slavery and the Civil War in the United States. Writing was a way for Mark to express his views on these topics.
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Henry Nash Smith
Debra McArthur
William M Clemens
Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume I, Part 2: 1866-1875, has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we…
Edited by R. Kent Rasmussen, this volume in the Critical Insights series collects a variety of new, classic, and contemporary essays on Twain’s life and works. Rasmussen’s introduction offers a…