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"All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn. It's the best book we've had," declared Ernest Hemingway. Millions of readers around the world would agree, having climbed aboard the raft with young Huck and Jim, the runaway slave, to drift along the Mississippi on a voyage of adventure and self-discovery. This economical two-part edition includes the complete text of Twain's classic novel plus a student-friendly study guide. Created to help the reader quickly gain a thorough understanding of the content and context of Huckleberry Finn, the guide includes: • Chapter-by-chapter summaries• Explanations and discussions of the plot• Question-and-answer sections• Mark Twain biography• List of characters and more Dover Thrift Study Editions feature everything that students need to undertake a confident reading of a classic text, as well as to prepare themselves for class discussions, essays, and exams.

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Whether forming a pirate gang to search for buried treasure or spending a quiet time at home, sharing his medicine with Aunt Polly's cat, the irrepressible Tom Sawyer evokes the world of boyhood in nineteenth century rural America. In this classic story, Mark Twain re-created a long-ago world of freshly whitewashed fences and Sunday school picnics into which sordid characters and violent incidents sometimes intruded. The tale powerfully appeals to both adult and young imaginations. Readers explore this memorable setting with a slyly humorous born storyteller as their guide. Tom and Huck Finn conceal themselves in the town cemetery, where they witness a grave robbery and a murder. Later, the boys, feeling unappreciated, hide out on a forested island while the townspeople conduct a frantic search and finally mourn them as dead. The friends triumphantly return to town to attend their own funeral, in time for a dramatic trial for the graveyard murder. A three-day ordeal ensues when Tom and his sweetheart, Becky Thatcher, lose their way in the very cave that conceals the murderer. With its hilarious accounts of boyish pranks and its shrewd assessments of human nature, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer has captivated generations of readers of all ages. This inexpensive edition of the classic novel offers a not-to-be-missed opportunity to savor a witty and action-packed account of small-town boyhood in a bygone era.

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The complete works of Mark Twain in one collection:<br><br>CONTENTS<br><br>THE INNOCENTS ABROAD<br>MARK TWAIN&#39;S (BURLESQUE) AUTO-BIOGRAPHY<br><br>FIRST ROMANCE.<br>ROUGHING IT<br>THE GILDED AGE (with Charles Dudley Warner)<br>SKETCHES NEW AND OLD<br><br>MY WATCH<br><br>POLITICAL ECONOMY<br><br>THE JUMPING FROG<br><br>JOURNALISM IN TENNESSEE<br><br>THE STORY OF THE BAD LITTLE BOY<br><br>THE STORY OF THE GOOD LITTLE BOY<br><br>A COUPLE OF POEMS BY TWAIN AND MOORE<br><br>NIAGARA<br><br>ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS<br><br>TO RAISE POULTRY<br><br>EXPERIENCE OF THE MCWILLIAMSES WITH MEMBRANOUS CROUP<br><br>MY FIRST LITERARY VENTURE<br><br>HOW THE AUTHOR WAS SOLD IN NEWARK<br><br>THE OFFICE BORE<br><br>JOHNNY GREER<br><br>THE FACTS IN THE CASE OF THE GREAT BEEF CONTRACT<br><br>THE CASE OF GEORGE FISHER<br><br>DISGRACEFUL PERSECUTION OF A BOY<br><br>THE JUDGES &quot;SPIRITED WOMAN&quot;<br><br>INFORMATION WANTED<br><br>SOME LEARNED FABLES, FOR GOOD OLD BOYS AND GIRLS<br><br>MY LATE SENATORIAL SECRETARYSHIP<br><br>A FASHION ITEM<br><br>RILEY-NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENT<br><br>A FINE OLD MAN<br><br>SCIENCE vs. LUCK<br><br>THE LATE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN<br><br>MR. BLOKE&#39;S ITEM<br><br>A MEDIEVAL ROMANCE<br><br>PETITION CONCERNING COPYRIGHT<br><br>AFTER-DINNER SPEECH<br><br>LIONIZING MURDERERS<br><br>A NEW CRIME<br><br>A CURIOUS DREAM<br><br>A TRUE STORY<br><br>THE SIAMESE TWINS<br><br>SPEECH AT THE SCOTTISH BANQUET IN LONDON<br><br>A GHOST STORY<br><br>THE CAPITOLINE VENUS<br><br>SPEECH ON ACCIDENT INSURANCE<br><br>JOHN CHINAMAN IN NEW YORK<br><br>HOW I EDITED AN AGRICULTURAL PAPER<br><br>THE PETRIFIED MAN<br><br>MY BLOODY MASSACRE<br><br>THE UNDERTAKER&#39;S CHAT<br><br>CONCERNING CHAMBERMAIDS<br><br>AURELIA&#39;S UNFORTUNATE YOUNG MAN<br><br>&quot;AFTER&quot; JENKINS<br><br>ABOUT BARBERS<br><br>&quot;PARTY CRIES&quot; IN IRELAND<br><br>THE FACTS CONCERNING THE RECANT RESIGNATION<br><br>HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF<br><br>HONORED AS A CURIOSITY<br><br>FIRST INTERVIEW KITH ARTEMUS WARD<br><br>CANNIBALISM IN THE CARS<br><br>THE KILLING OF JULIUS CAESAR &quot;LOCALIZED&quot;<br><br>THE WIDOW&#39;S PROTEST<br><br>THE SCRIPTURAL PANORAMIST<br><br>CURING A COLD<br><br>A CURIOUS PLEASURE EXCURSION<br><br>RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR<br><br>A MYSTERIOUS VISIT<br>THE CURIOUS REPUBLIC OF GONDOUR AND OTHER WHIMSICAL SKETCHES<br><br>THE CURIOUS REPUBLIC OF GONDOUR<br><br>A MEMORY<br><br>INTRODUCTORY TO &quot;MEMORANDA&quot;.<br><br>ABOUT SMELLS<br><br>A COUPLE OF SAD EXPERIENCES<br><br>DAN MURPHY<br><br>THE &quot;TOURNAMENT&quot; IN A.D. 1870<br><br>CURIOUS RELIC FOR SALE<br><br>A REMINISCENCE OF THE BACK SETTLEMENTS<br><br>A ROYAL COMPLIMENT<br><br>THE APPROACHING EPIDEMIC<br><br>THE TONE-IMPARTING COMMITTEE<br><br>OUR PRECIOUS LUNATIC<br><br>THE EUROPEAN WAR<br><br>THE WILD MAN INTERVIEWED<br><br>LAST WORDS OF GREAT MEN<br>1601&ndash;CONVERSATION AT THE SOCIAL FIRESIDE OF THE TUDORS<br>THE FACTS CONCERNING THE RECENT CARNIVAL OF CRIME IN CONNECTICUT<br>THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER<br>THE LOVES OF ALONZO FITZ CLARENCE AND ROSANNAH ETHELTON AND OTHER STORIES<br><br>THE LOVES OF ALONZO FITZ CLARENCE AND ROSANNAH ETHELTON<br><br>ON THE DECAY OF THE ART OF LYING<br><br>ABOUT MAGNANIMOUS-INCIDENT LITERATURE<br><br>PUNCH, BROTHERS, PUNCH<br><br>THE GREAT REVOLUTION IN PITCAIRN<br><br>THE CANVASSER&#39;S TALE<br><br>AN ENCOUNTER WITH AN INTERVIEWER<br><br>PARIS NOTES<br><br>LEGEND OF SAGENFELD, IN GERMANY<br><br>SPEECH ON THE BABIES<br><br>SPEECH ON THE WEATHER<br><br>CONCERNING THE AMERICAN LANGUAGE<br><br>ROGERS<br>SOME RAMBLING NOTES OF AN IDLE EXCURSION<br>THE STOLEN WHITE ELEPHANT<br>A TRAMP ABROAD<br>THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER<br>LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI<br>THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN<br>A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR&#39;S COURT<br>THE AMERICAN CLAIMANT<br>EXTRACTS FROM ADAM&#39;S DIARY<br>IN DEFENSE OF HARRIET SHELLEY<br>FENNIMORE COOPER&#39;S LITERARY OFFENCES<br>ESSAYS ON PAUL BOURGET<br>TOM SAWYER ABROAD<br>THE TRAGEDY OF PUDD&#39;NHEAD WILSON<br>THOSE EXTRAORDINARY TWINS<br>PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF JOAN OF ARC<br>TOM SAWYER, DETECTIVE<br>FOLLOWING THE EQUATOR, A JOURNEY AROUND THE WORLD<br>THE MAN THAT CORRUPTED HADLEYBURG AND OTHER STORIES<br><br>MY FIRST LIE, AND HOW I GOT OUT OF IT<br><br>THE ESQUIMAUX MAIDEN&#39;S ROMANCE<br><br>CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AND THE BOOK OF MRS. EDDY<br><br>IS HE LIVING OR IS HE DEAD?<br><br>MY DEBUT AS A LITERARY PERSON<br><br>AT THE APPETITE-CURE<br><br>CONCERNING THE JEWS<br><br>FROM THE &#39;LONDON TIMES&#39; OF 1904<br><br>ABOUT PLAY-ACTING<br><br>TRAVELLING WITH A REFORMER<br><br>DIPLOMATIC PAY AND CLOTHES<br><br>LUCK<br><br>THE CAPTAIN&#39;S STORY<br><br>STIRRING TIMES IN AUSTRIA<br><br>MEISTERSCHAFT<br><br>MY BOYHOOD DREAMS<br><br>TO THE ABOVE OLD PEOPLE<br><br>IN MEMORIAM&ndash;OLIVIA SUSAN CLEMENS<br>WHAT IS MAN AND OTHER ESSAYS<br><br>THE DEATH OF JEAN<br><br>THE TURNING-POINT OF MY LIFE<br><br>HOW TO MAKE HISTORY DATES STICK<br><br>THE MEMORABLE ASSASSINATION<br><br>A SCRAP OF CURIOUS HISTORY<br><br>SWITZERLAND, THE CRADLE OF LIBERTY<br><br>AT THE SHRINE OF ST. WAGNER<br><br>WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS<br><br>ENGLISH AS SHE IS TAUGHT<br><br>A SIMPLIFIED ALPHABET<br><br>AS CONCERNS INTERPRETING THE DEITY<br><br>CONCERNING TOBACCO<br><br>TAMING THE BICYCLE<br><br>IS SHAKESPEARE DEAD?<br>THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER AND OTHER STORIES<br><br>THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER<br><br>A FABLE<br><br>HUNTING THE DECEITFUL TURKEY<br><br>THE McWILLIAMSES AND THE BURGLAR ALARM<br>A DOUBLE BARRELED DETECTIVE<br>THE $30,000 BEQUEST AND OTHER STORIES<br><br>THE $30,000 BEQUEST<br><br>A DOG&#39;S TALE<br><br>WAS IT HEAVEN? OR HELL?<br><br>A CURE FOR THE BLUES<br><br>THE ENEMY CONQUERED; OR, LOVE TRIUMPHANT<br><br>THE CALIFORNIAN&#39;S TALE<br><br>A HELPLESS SITUATION<br><br>A TELEPHONIC CONVERSATION<br><br>EDWARD MILLS AND GEORGE BENTON: A TALE<br><br>THE FIVE BOONS OF LIFE<br><br>THE FIRST WRITING-MACHINES<br><br>ITALIAN WITHOUT A MASTER<br><br>ITALIAN WITH GRAMMAR<br><br>A BURLESQUE BIOGRAPHY<br><br>HOW TO TELL A STORY<br><br>GENERAL WASHINGTON&#39;S NEGRO BODY-SERVANT<br><br>WIT INSPIRATIONS OF THE &quot;TWO-YEAR-OLDS&quot;<br><br>AN ENTERTAINING ARTICLE<br><br>A LETTER TO THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY<br><br>AMENDED OBITUARIES<br><br>A MONUMENT TO ADAM<br><br>A HUMANE WORD FROM SATAN<br><br>INTRODUCTION TO &quot;THE NEW GUIDE OF THE CONVERSATION&quot;<br><br>ADVICE TO LITTLE GIRLS<br><br>POST-MORTEM POETRY<br><br>THE DANGER OF LYING IN BED<br><br>PORTRAIT OF KING WILLIAM III<br><br>DOES THE RACE OF MAN LOVE A LORD?<br><br>EXTRACTS FROM ADAM&#39;S DIARY<br><br>EVE&#39;S DIARY<br>A HORSE&#39;S TALE<br>CHRISTIAN SCIENCE<br>EXTRACT FROM CAPTAIN STORMFIELD&#39;S VISIT TO HEAVEN<br>GOLDSMITH&#39;S FRIEND ABROAD AGAIN<br><br>HOW TO TELL A STORY<br><br>THE WOUNDED SOLDIER<br><br>THE GOLDEN ARM<br><br>MENTAL TELEGRAPHY AGAIN<br><br>THE INVALIDS STORY<br>MARK TWAIN&#39;S SPEECHES<br>MARK TWAIN&#39;S LETTERS 1853-1910

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Now the way that the book winds up is this: Tom and me found the money that the robbers hid in the cave, and it made us rich. We got six thousand dollars apiece&mdash;all gold. It was an awful sight of money when it was piled up. Well, Judge Thatcher he took it and put it out at interest, and it fetched us a dollar a day apiece all the year round&mdash;more than a body could tell what to do with. The Widow Douglas she took me for her son, and allowed she would sivilize me; but it was rough living in the house all the time, considering how dismal regular and decent the widow was in all her ways; and so when I couldn&#39;t stand it no longer I lit out. I got into my old rags and my sugar-hogshead again, and was free and satisfied. But Tom Sawyer he hunted me up and said he was going to start a band of robbers, and I might join if I would go back to the widow and be respectable. So I went back.<br><br>Now the way that the book winds up is this: Tom and me found the money that the robbers hid in the cave, and it made us rich.

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"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" is a much loved and classic work of 19th century American literature. It is the story of Tom, a rambunctious young lad who lives with his Aunt Polly. Tom is a boy who doesn't much like going to school and throughout the book does everything he can to get out of it. Near the beginning of the novel Tom exhibits his keen wit by convincing some boys to paint his Aunt Polly's fence that he has been punished with having to paint on a Saturday for skipping school to go swimming. «The Adventures of Tom Sawyer» is a story of boyhood love. Tom falls for Becky Thatcher, the daughter of the town Judge, and tries to woe her throughout the novel. It is also the story of boyhood adventure and camaraderie. Tom and his friend Huckleberry Finn witness a murder, become pirates, are thought to be dead, and search for lost treasure. It is a novel rich with the regional dialect and depictions of the Mississippi River Valley in which Mark Twain grew up and is known for writing about. «The Adventures of Tom Sawyer» will delight readers young and old with its light-hearted comedic narrative.

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