Mark Twain

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

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Produktbeschreibung

Huckleberry Finn escapes the civilized society of the strict Widow Douglas, whös aim it is to care and educate the young boy, only to find himself at the hands of his drunken and abusive father. After giving his ¿Pap¿ the slip in a mischievous and clever hoax, Huck sets out on his adventures down the Mississippi River on a raft, accompanied by his friend Jim, an escaped slave from the town. In their quest for freedom, these two characters form a strong bond whilst they encounter thieves, murderers, family feuds, con-artists, and tricksters along their trip downriver. Eventually, Huck and Jim¿s friendship is put to the ultimate test when Jim is re-captured. Mark Twain, otherwise known as Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 ¿1910), was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher and lecturer. ¿The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn¿ often called ¿The Great American Novel¿ and Twain referred to as the ¿Father of American Literature¿. Other notable works by this author include ¿The Adventures of Tom Sawyer¿, ¿The Prince and the Pauper¿ and ¿Innocents Abroad¿. Read & Co. Classics is proudly republishing this classic novel now in a new edition complete with a specially-commissioned biography of the author.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Read & Co. Classics
• Seitenzahl: 444
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 622g
• ISBN-13: 9781406793284
• ISBN-10: 1406793280
• Artikelnr.: 23466147

Autorenporträt

Mark Twain (30 November 1835- 21 April 1910) was born in Florida, United States. He was a Humorist, author, and lecturer. He grew up in Hannibal and later moved to California. In a California mining camp, he heard the story that he published in 1865 and made popular as the title story of his first novel, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County and Other Sketches, in 1867. From his humorous stories, The Innocents Abroad (1869) and Roughing It in 1872, to his appearance as a riverboat captain in Life on the Mississippi in 1883, through his adventure stories of childhood, he got a worldwide audience, mainly for Tom Sawyer (1876) and Huckleberry Finn (1885), known as the masterpieces of American fiction. The ironic A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court in 1889. His eldest daughter passed away in 1896, his wife in 1904, and another daughter in 1909. He expressed his depression about the human character in such late works as the after-death published Letters from the Earth (1962).

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Süddeutsche Zeitung | Besprechung von 03.07.2009

Kindliches Lesevergnügen
Während es von vielen Jugendbuch-Klassikern nur noch verkürzte und versimpelte Ausgaben gibt, haben sich nun Insel-Verlag und vor kurzem auch dtv an die Neuauflage von Mark Twains „Huckleberry Finns Abenteuer” gemacht, in jeweils neuer Übersetzung und unter Beibehaltung der gesellschaftskritischen Passagen und ironischen Formulierungen, selbst wenn sie nur von Erwachsenen verstanden werden. Diese erwartet das Vergnügen, ein kindliches Leseerlebnis zu wiederholen und sich klar zu werden, mit wie wenig Personal und schlichter Ausstattung man einen phantasievollen Plot entwickeln kann. Lore Krüger hat für dtv noch eigene, unnötige Kapitelüberschriften ergänzt, Friedhelm Rathjen blieb bei Insel näher am Original, was andererseits oft zu etwas knorrigen Formulierungen führt, ergänzte dafür aber sehr hilfreiche Anmerkungen. mau
Mark Twain: Huckleberry Finn. Insel Verlag, Frankfurt am Main und Leipzig 2009. 503 S. mit Anmer- kungen. 11,90 Euro.
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