Mark Twain

Twain's account of travelling in Europe, A TRAMP ABROAD (1880), sparkles with the author's shrewd observations and highly opinionated comments on Old World culture, and showcases his unparalleled ability to integrate humorous sketches, autobiographical tidbits, and historical anecdotes in a consistently entertaining narrative. Cast in the form of a walking tour through Germany, Switzerland, France and Italy, A TRAMP ABROAD includes among its adventures a voyage by raft down the Neckar and an ascent of Mount Blanc by telescope, as well as the author's attempts to study art - a wholly imagined activity Twain 'authenticated' with his own wonderfully primitive pictures included in this volume.

Mark Twain's sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, chronicling the adventures of Sawyer's friend, Huck Finn. Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colourful comic strip form, offering an excellent introduction for younger readers. This edition also includes a biography of Mark Twain and study questions, which can be used both in the classroom or at home to further engage the reader in the work at hand.

Fourteen tales include "The Enormous Radio" by Cheever, Faulkner's "Dry September," Katherine Anne Porter's "He," "A Worn Path" by Eudora Welty, and tales by Hawthorne, Twain, Poe, Fitzgerald, Wharton, others.

Mark Twain's sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, chronicling the adventures of Sawyer's friend, Huck Finn. Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colorful comic strip form, providing an excellent introduction for younger readers. Also includes theme discussions and study questions.

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Mark Twain (1835-1910) a fait rire le monde entier par ses aphorismes et ses contes depuis La Célèbre Grenouille sauteuse de Calaveras County, dont il a trouvé l'anecdote dans un camp de chercheurs d'or de Californie en 1865. Il y aurait quelque paresse intellectuelle à se contenter de la célébrité que lui ont value ses contes et à oublier les romans, fruits d'une expérience acquise au cours d'une existence tumultueuse et variée : apprenti typographe, journaliste, pilote pendant quatre ans sur le Mississippi, éphémère officier de l'armée sudiste, pionnier du Far West, chercheur d'or, directeur de journal, imprimeur, éditeur, voyageur, polémiste, moraliste. Si l'on retrouve l'humour sarcastique de La Célèbre Grenouille sauteuse dans les romans Wilson Tête-de-Mou et Les Jumeaux extraordinaires (1894), ou l'aplomb de l'Américain qui ne s'en laisse pas conter dans Un Yankee à la cour du roi Arthur (1887), on découvre un conteur tendre et presque féerique dans Le Prince et le Pauvre (1881). Mais c'est le cycle des aventures de Tom Sawyer (1876-1896), l'enfant indiscipliné et aventureux, et de son ami Huckleberry Finn, petit clodo sympathique, qui a consacré Mark Twain comme le père fondateur du roman américain moderne. Francis Lacassin

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. ‘Now he found out a new thing – namely, that to promise not to do a thing is the surest way in the world to make a body want to go and do that very thing.’ An idyllic snapshot of a boy’s childhood along the banks of the Mississippi River, Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is the author’s work that comes closest to his boyhood experiences of growing up in Hannibal in the 1840s. Mischievous and full of energy, Tom enjoys childish pranks and pastimes with his friends, Huck Finn, the town outcast and Joe Harper, his best friend. However, at the town graveyard, Huck and Tom witness a murder, carried out by local vagabond Injun Joe. They vow never to tell a soul about what they have seen and so begins their journey into adulthood as Tom wrestles with his own morality, guilt and anxiety. A ‘coming of age’ tale, it is through Tom’s adventures and relationships with others that he becomes more responsible and more aware of his own inner conflict. Through the central characters of Tom and Huck, Twain satirises the moral rigidity of society and adult hypocrisy, whilst at the same time giving a nostalgic portrayal of a young boy’s journey into adulthood.