Mark Twain

Wild child Huck has to get away. His violent drunk of a father is back in town again, raising Cain. He won't rest until he has Huck's money. So the enterprising boy fakes his own death and sets out in search of adventure and freedom. Teaming up with Jim, an escaped slave with a price on his head, the two...

Mark Twain's great American masterpiece, in a gorgeous new clothbound edition. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is Mark Twain's tale of a boy's picaresque journey down the Mississippi on a raft, conveying the voice and experience of the American frontier as no other work had done before. When Huck escapes from his drunken father and the 'sivilizing' Widow Douglas with...

Puffin Classics- the definitive collection of timeless stories, for every child Rediscover the Puffin Classics collection and bring the best-loved classics to a new generation - including this exciting edition of The Prince and the Pauper. Tom Canty and Edward Tudor could have been identical twins. Their birthdays and their faces match, but there the likeness stops. For Edward is...

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 reveal the secret and run away to be pirates and search for hidden treasure. But when Tom gets trapped in a cave with the murderer, can he escape unharmed?

It's never too soon to share your favourite classics with the next generation... This edition of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer has been adapted for younger readers and features:- Simplified Text- A child-friendly layout, designed for young readers- Full-colour illustrations by award-winning artist Robert Ingpen.This unforgettable story of a boy growing up in a small town on the Mississippi has...

The surprising final chapter of a great American life. When the first volume of Mark Twain's uncensored Autobiography was published in 2010, it was hailed as an essential addition to the shelf of his works and a crucial document for our understanding of the great humourist's life and times. This third and final volume crowns and completes his life's work....

Mark Twain's complete, uncensored Autobiography was an instant bestseller when the first volume was published in 2010, on the centennial of the author's death, as he requested. Published to rave reviews, the Autobiography was hailed as the capstone of Twain's career. It captures his authentic and unsuppressed voice, speaking clearly from the grave and brimming with humour, ideas, and opinions....

The year 2010 marked the 100th anniversary of Mark Twain's death. In celebration of this important milestone and in honour of the cherished tradition of publishing Mark Twain's works, UC Press published Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1, the first of a projected three-volume edition of the complete, uncensored autobiography. The book became an immediate bestseller and was hailed as...

A stunning new edition with deluxe cover treatments, ribbon markers, luxury endpapers, and gilded edges. The unabridged text is accompanied by a Glossary of Victorian and Literary terms produced for the modern reader. Mischievous and smart, Tom Sawyer is one of American literature's most beloved literary characters. Originally published in 1876, Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer chronicles the...

A stunning new edition with deluxe cover treatments, ribbon markers, luxury endpapers, and gilded edges. The unabridged text is accompanied by a Glossary of Victorian and Literary terms produced for the modern reader. One of the most beloved and influential books in American literature, Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a comic yet incisive portrait of 19th century...

A beautiful hardcover repackaging of this timeless classic from the publishers of the Autobiography of Mark Twain and in partnership with the Mark Twain Project. This definitive edition of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, one of the world’s best-loved books, was the first version since the original publication to be based directly on the author’s manuscript. It includes all of...

A beautiful hardcover repackaging of this timeless classic from the publishers of the Autobiography of Mark Twain and in partnership with the Mark Twain Project. This definitive edition of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was the only version of Mark Twain’s masterpiece based on his complete manuscript, including the 663 pages found in a Los Angeles attic in 1990. Prepared by...

Five of Mark Twain’s most popular novels are collected in this elegant leather-bound volume. Mark Twain wrote his greatest works more than a hundred years ago, but he’s never far from the minds of modern readers. Whether it's about Twain making the news for his books being banned, or the removal of certain controversial language from one of his novels,...

Revel in Huck Finn's adventure on the Mississippi River with this handsome gift edition of the American masterpiece by Mark Twain. A favourite among young readers and adults alike, Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, first published in 1884, is considered to be the author's masterpiece, as well as one of the best American novels ever written. In order to...

Puffin Classics - the definitive collection of timeless stories, for every child. Rediscover the Puffin Classics collection and bring the best-loved classics to a new generation - including this bold edition of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Huckleberry Finn's childhood wasn't exactly smooth sailing, but everything changed when he met Tom Sawyer. Bound by an oath to make trouble, the...

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is a tale of a boy's picaresque journey down the Mississippi on a raft, capturing the voice and experience of the American frontier as no other work had done before. When Huck escapes from his drunken father and the 'sivilizing' Widow Douglas with the runaway slave Jim, he embarks on a series...

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 'We said there warn't no home like a raft, after all. Other places do seem so cramped up and smothery, but a raft don't. You feel mighty free and easy and comfortable on a raft.' Huck Finn escapes from his alcoholic father by...

Puffin Classics - the definitive collection of timeless stories, for every child. Rediscover the Puffin Classics collection and bring the best-loved classics to a new generation - including this charming edition of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. On the banks of the Mississippi, Tom Sawyer and his friends seek out adventure at every turn. Then one fateful night they witness...

The classic tale of a young boy’s adventures on the Mississippi in the nineteenth century. Mark Twain’s classic The Adventures of Tom Sawyer has been enjoyed by generations of readers across the world since its publication in 1876. With its humorous glimpses into life in nineteenth-century, small-town America, this novel has provided unique social commentary that continues to be discussed...

HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. 'We said there warn't no home like a raft, after all. Other places do seem so cramped up and smothery, but a raft don't. You feel mighty free and easy and comfortable on a raft.' Miserable and down on his luck, young Huck Finn escapes his drunken father by...

Sail down the Mississippi with rascally Huck Finn! It's lovely to live on a raft. We had the sky up there, all speckled with stars, and we used to lay on our backs and look up at them. Huck Finn spits, swears, smokes a pipe, and never goes to school. With his too-big clothes and battered straw hat, Huck is...

Launching a major new paperback series - Penguin English Library The Penguin English Library Edition of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain 'I'm unfavourable to killin' a man as long as you can git around it; it ain't good sense, it ain't good morals. Ain't I right?' The original Great American Novel, an incomparable adventure story and a...

Widely considered one of the greatest American novels, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn tells the story of Huck Finn and his companion, the slave Jim, as they journey down the Mississippi River after running away from Huck’s alcoholic father and Jim’s owners. As they travel, they encounter a floating house, feuding families, and cunning grifters. More importantly, Huck gets to know...

LARGE PRINT EDITION. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, follows a young boy who goes by the name Huck. Raised under the roof of his drunken father while fearing for his life, Huck escapes and embarks on the adventure of a lifetime. Since our inception in 2020, Mint Editions has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of...

A fine, exclusive edition of one of literature’s most beloved stories. Featuring an intricate laser-cut jacket with foil stamping, this stunning, giftable first edition is one of just 10,000 copies ever to be printed! In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, a thirteen-year-old boy, Huck, is in search of adventure on the beautiful shores of the Mississippi River before the Civil...

By turns hilarious and heartwarming, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is considered Mark Twain's masterpiece. Desperate to escape his abusive father and the constraints of civilisation, young Huck Finn fakes his death and, with his slave friend Jim, embarks on a vagabond life rafting down the Mississippi. Together, Huck and Jim forge a bond that protects them from the prejudices...

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 conversations about race and the dire legacy of American slavery. At its heart is Roxy, a mixed-race woman enslaved to a wealthy Missouri family. To save her infant son (whose...

One of the best-known classics of American literature, Mark Twain's indelible novel of boyhood, friendship, and adventure. Few works of fiction are more known and beloved for keenly documenting the triumphs, trials, exultations, and despairs of boyhood than The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Set in 1840s Missouri, Mark Twain's picaresque novel follows a rambunctious, rebellious rascal whose exploits are the...

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 at nothing to get his hands on it. Escaping from Pap, Huck meets Miss Watson s slave, Jim, who has run away after learning that Miss Watson may sell him....

Mark Twain's social satire novel about a Connecticut engineer who gets transported back in time to the court of King Arthur, freshly repackaged for the Union Square & Co. Signature Editions line. When Hank Morgan, an engineer from East Hartford, Connecticut, suffers a blow to the head, he inexplicably finds himself transported from his nineteenth-century home to Middle Ages England...

Fresh off of his escapades with Tom Sawyer and with six thousand dollars in the bank, Huck Finn faces a new challenge: his father, Pap, who wants Huck's fortune and will stop at nothing to get his hands on it. Escaping from Pap, Huck meets Miss Watson's slave, Jim, who has run away after learning that Miss Watson may sell...

That rascal Tom Sawyer is having quite a time! In just a few months' time he's gotten engaged to the new girl in town, witnessed a murder, stayed in a haunted house, found buried treasure, been lost in a cave, and watched his own funeral. But that's Tom for you—an unpredictable mix of youthful innocence and mischief. First published in...

Mark Twain's adventurous story of boyhood is now available in an unabridged paperback edition for today's young readers. Whether he's tricking others into doing his work or running away with Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer always manages to wiggle his way out of trouble. But when he accidentally witnesses a murder, Tom is suddenly faced with trouble that's well beyond fun...

Mark Twain's historical satire about two identical boys, one a poor beggar of the London slums and the other the heir to the royal throne, who trade places to experience a life they never imagined, newly repackaged for the Union Square & Co. Signature Classics line. Set in sixteenth-century England, The Prince and the Pauper is Mark Twain's timeless tale...

Ages 7 to 9 years We said there was no home like a raft. Other places do seem so cramped up and smothery...but you feel mighty free and easy and comfortable on a raft. Sail down the Mississippi with Huck Finn and the runaway slave, Jim. Twain's beloved tale, with its folksy language, creates an indelible image of antebellum America...

Tom Sawyer's energetic antics—treasure hunting, fishing, and general mischief-making—have captured the imaginations of children for almost 150 years. Now, this abridged edition of the classic story is refreshed with an appealing new cover and contemporary interior illustrations. The Classic Starts series has sold more than 8 million copies since it launched in 2004. These abridged, kid-friendly editions are the perfect...

Mark Twain's adventurous story of boyhood is now available in an unabridged, illustrated, cloth hardcover volume in Union Square and Co.'s Signature Clothbound Editions series. Whether he's tricking others into doing his work or running away with Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer always manages to wiggle his way out of trouble. But when he accidentally witnesses a murder, Tom is suddenly...

Rediscover the classic American tale or join Tom Sawyer's adventures for the first time. A favourite among young readers and adults alike, Mark Twain's Adventures of Tom Sawyer, first published in 1876, is considered to be one of the great novels about American adolescence along with its sequel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Tom Sawyer is a young orphan living with...

Mark Twain's historical satire about two identical boys who trade places to experience a life they never imagined, now available in an unabridged, paperback volume in Union Square and Co.'s Signature Editions series. Set in sixteenth-century England, The Prince and the Pauper is Mark Twain's timeless tale of identical strangers. The penniless Tom Canty lives in the London slums, while...

Follow the young and mischievous Tom Sawyer as he joins forces with Huckleberry Finn, an adventurous vagabond boy, and together they set off on a thrilling escapade down the majestic Mississippi River. With his exceptional storytelling, Mark Twain captures the essence of boyhood, friendship, and the complexities of society in the Antebellum South era. These iconic tales continue to captivate...

This Norton Critical Edition includes: The American first edition text, plus the reinstated "raft passage" from Life on the Mississippi (1883), complete with all original illustrations by Edward Windsor Kemble and, for the raft passage, John Harley. Editorial matter by Thomas Cooley. A rich selection of contextual and source documents centred on the novel's historical background, language, composition, and reception,...

This classic, hailed as one of Twain's finest comic novels, explores what results when 19th century USA meets 6th century England. 220 illustrations. Introduction by Roy Blount Jr. With commentary, notes, and reading group guide. When referencing the title, it is best to use A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.

"For a hundred years, the argument that this novel is has been identified, reidentified, examined, waged and advanced. What it cannot be is dismissed. It is classic literature, which is to say it heaves, manifests and lasts." — Toni Morrison In celebration of the 250th anniversary of the United States, HarperCollins is proud to present this library of American classics...

Possibly the worthiest contender for the title of The Great American Novel, this perennial bestseller is updated with a new introduction by Mark Twain scholar R. Kent Rasmussen. The classic boyhood adventure tale, updated with a new introduction by noted Mark Twain scholar R. Kent Rasmussen and a foreword by Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in Tehran and The...

Charming boyhood adventure tale and perennial seller, this novel is updated with a new introduction by Mark Twain scholar R. Kent Rasmussen. The classic boyhood adventure tale, updated with a new introduction by noted Mark Twain scholar R. Kent Rasmussen. Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read. A consummate prankster with a quick wit,...

The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain tells the intriguing tale of two boys who, despite their identical looks and shared birthday, lead remarkably different lives. Edward Tudor is a prince and the heir to King Henry VIII, while Tom Canty is a destitute pauper. However, their lives take an unexpected turn when fate intervenes and Edward finds himself...

Discover Puffin Clothbound Classics - gorgeously giftable editions of the best-loved classics for young readers. Set out on an incredible adventure in this stunning Puffin Clothbound Classic edition of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Who knows, he may grow up to be President someday, unless they hang him first! On the banks of the Mississippi, Tom Sawyer and his friends...

"Mark Twain was the first truly American writer, and all of us since are his heirs." - William Faulkner This elegant collector's edition presents Mark Twain's classic novel, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, featuring gold cover embossing and gilded page-edges. Mark Twain's classic of smalltown life along the banks of the Mississippi features the loveable rascal Tom Sawyer and his...

An immortal story of friendship between two boys—the daring, mischievous, and loyal Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn. Read this 19th-century childhood adventure story that confronts the reality of racism in America. 'There comes a time in every boy's life when he has a raging desire to go somewhere and dig for hidden treasure.' Impish, daring young Tom Sawyer is a...

This deluxe hardback collection includes the complete works of renowned author Mark Twain, with six of his most popular books. All beautifully bound in a hardback design for a perfect addition to any book lover's collection.

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Written in 1876, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a novel about a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River.

“All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. It's the best book we've had.” – Ernest Hemingway To escape from his abusive father, 13-year-old Huckleberry Finn fakes his own death and floats away on a raft down the Mississippi with Jim, a runaway slave. In a series of unforgettable adventures narrated...

The perfect gift for a young adventurer. Share your beloved childhood stories with the next generation! Robert Ingpen's illustrations create a real sense of time, place and character: each drawing an enchanting evocation of a distant time in the American South.Mark Twain called his classic tale a 'hymn to boyhood', and this unforgettable story of a boy growing up in...

The Complete Short Stories Of Mark Twain is the only edition in hardcover of Mark Twain's complete shorter fiction. Twain is a superb yarn-spinner, and his inimitable wit, nimble plotting, and unerring insight into human nature are on full display throughout this thoroughly entertaining volume. Mark Twain's famous novels, Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (available in Everyman editions), have long...

'I like a good story well told. That is the reason I am sometimes forced to tell them myself.' Mark Twain In these extraordinary stories, Mark Twain takes us from the sleepy banks of the Mississippi, through frontier towns, and across the deserted gold plains of California. We encounter his countryfolk in all their bizarre variety: a cannibalistic ex-senator, a...

When Connecticut mechanic and foreman Hank Morgan is knocked unconscious, he wakes not to the familiar scenes of nineteenth-century America but to the bewildering sights and sounds of sixth-century Camelot. Although confused at first and quickly imprisoned, he soon realises that his knowledge of the future can transform his fate. Correctly predicting a solar eclipse from inside his prison cell,...

46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946 'PALE TERROR GOES BEFORE HIM, DEATH AND DEVASTATION FOLLOW!'