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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Norton Critical Editions) Paperback – December 17, 1998

by Mark Twain (Author), Thomas Cooley (Editor)
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This perennially popular Norton Critical Edition reprints for the first time the definitive Iowa-California text of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, complete with all original illustrations by Edward Windsor Kemble and John Harley. The text is accompanied by explanatory annotations.

"Contexts and Sources" provides readers with a rich selection of documents related to the historical background, language, composition, sale, reception, and newly discovered first half of the manuscript of Mark Twain's greatest work. Included are letters on the writing of the novel, excerpts from the author's autobiography, samples of bad poetry that inspired his satire (including an effort by young Sam Clemens himself), a section on the censorship of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by schools and libraries over a hundred-year period, and commentary by David Carkeet on dialects of the book and by Earl F. Briden on its "racist" illustrations. In addition, this section reprints the full texts of both "Sociable Jimmy," upon which is based the controversial theory that Huck speaks in a "black voice," and "A True Story, Repeated Word for Word As I Heard It," the first significant attempt by Mark Twain to capture the speech of an African American in print.

"Criticism" of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is divided into "Early Responses" (including the first negative review) and "Modern Views" by Victor A. Doyno, T. S. Eliot, Jane Smiley, David L. Smith, Shelley Fisher Fishkin (the "black voice" thesis), James R. Kincaid (a rebuttal of Fishkin), and David R. Sewell. Also included is Toni Morrison's moving personal "Introduction" to the troubling experience of reading and re-reading Mark Twain's masterpiece.

“A Chronology and Selected Bibliography” are also included.
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Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), best known to the world by his pen-name Mark Twain, was an author and humorist, noted for his novels The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), which has been called "the Great American Novel", and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876, among many others.

Thomas Cooley (PhD, Indiana University) is emeritus professor of English at The Ohio State University. In addition to Back to the Lake, he is the editor of The Norton Sampler and the Norton Critical Edition of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and the author of several other books, among them Educated Lives: The Rise of Modern Autobiography in America and The Ivory Leg in the Ebony Cabinet: Madness, Race, and Gender in Victorian America.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ W. W. Norton & Company; Third edition (December 17, 1998)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 416 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0393966402
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0393966404
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.33 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.7 x 1.2 x 9.2 inches
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Mark Twain is the pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 - 1910). He was born and brought up in the American state of Missouri and, because of his father's death, he left school to earn his living when he was only twelve. He was a great adventurer and travelled round America as a printer; prospected for gold and set off for South America to earn his fortune. He returned to become a steam-boat pilot on the Mississippi River, close to where he had grown up. The Civil War put an end to steam-boating and Clemens briefly joined the Confederate army - although the rest of his family were Unionists! He had already tried his hand at newspaper reporting and now became a successful journalist. He started to use the alias Mark Twain during the Civil War and it was under this pen name that he became a famous travel writer. He took the name from his steam-boat days - it was the river pilots' cry to let their men know that the water was two fathoms deep.

Mark Twain was always nostalgic about his childhood and in 1876 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer was published, based on his own experiences. The book was soon recognised as a work of genius and eight years later the sequel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, was published. The great writer Ernest Hemingway claimed that 'All modern literature stems from this one book.'

Mark Twain was soon famous all over the world. He made a fortune from writing and lost it on a typesetter he invented. He then made another fortune and lost it on a bad investment. He was an impulsive, hot-tempered man but was also quite sentimental and superstitious. He was born when Halley's Comet was passing the Earth and always believed he would die when it returned - this is exactly what happened.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book for my high school junior
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My son's American Lit, teacher assigned Huck Finn for summer reading. When I searched for a book, there were so many to choose from and I wasn't sure which. I chose this book because of the extra footnotes, illustrations and clarifications. My son is not a reader and I wanted to make sure that he understood what he was reading. This book was perfect. My son was telling me about what some of the antiquated terms/expressions mean which were defined right there for him. He said that he would never have gotten as much out of the book, if they had not been right there. I highly recommend this edition.
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5.0 out of 5 stars American Classic
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Had not read it in years. The first part is lyrically beautiful. My book group of old gray beards had a very lively discussion based upon it. The book is amazing. Written in the 1880s about the 1840s, it is a record of how bad things were. It is justly controversial, it always has been.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Ole Mississippi Valley
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This edition of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is printed well, with excellent end-notes. Mark Twain's colorful slice of life in mid century 19th century in the Mississippi Valley is a clever view from Huck's raft, floating down the river. I recommend it, second only the "Life on the Mississippi River."
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4.0 out of 5 stars Hard to follow at first but a great novel
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I read this book for my American Literature I class back in the Spring of 2003 and we had to write a report about this novel. It is a little hard to follow, but once you understand the plot & the narrative it becomes as clear as mud. :) Probably going to reread this novel in my spare time almost 11 years later.
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This book must have been misclassified as Very Good.The only difference between this and a brand new book was the price.
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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best books I've read.
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I've never owned another copy of this book so I wouldn't have anything to compare it to. Other than that, I like the little illustrations and the story itself is excellent as well. One of the best books I've read. Don't know what else to say.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Edição de excelência
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Muito bem apresentada e com informaçoes importantes sobre a história da leitura do livro. Excelentes ilustrações
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Couleseb
5.0 out of 5 stars Un beau volume
Reviewed in France on June 27, 2020
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Je cherchais une belle édition légèrement illustrée de ce texte génial, j'ai trouvé là un très beau volume que je vous recommande.
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5.0 out of 5 stars 卒論作成のため購入。中古とは思えない美品でした。
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ペンギン版を所有していましたが，こちらには専門家による批評が載っているとのことで改めて購入しました。たくさんの絵もちりばめられていて，見ているだけで楽しくなります。
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5.0 out of 5 stars Livre satisfaisant
Reviewed in France on September 11, 2016
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Le livre est en parfait état, surtout qu'il est neuf, très bonne édition de chez Norton. Les illustrations intégrés au livre permettent de se plonger dans l'histoire. Étudiante en langue, ce livre est un vol d'air frais.
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