{"product_id":"9781411433724","title":"Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Barnes \u0026 Noble Classics Series)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn\u003c\/i\u003e, by \u003cb\u003eMark Twain\u003c\/b\u003e, is part of the \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eseries, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBiographies of the authors \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFootnotes and endnotes \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComments by other famous authors \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStudy questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliographies for further reading \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndices \u0026amp; Glossaries, when appropriate\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics \u003c\/i\u003epulls together a constellation of influences—biographical, historical, and literary—to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAdventures of Huckleberry Finn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is the only one of Mark Twain's various books which can be called a masterpiece. I do not suggest that it is his only book of permanent interest; but it is the only one in which his genius is completely realized, and the only one which creates its own category.\" \u003ci\u003eT. S. Eliot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eHuckleberry Finn, rebel against school and church, casual inheritor of gold treasure, rafter of the Mississippi, and savior of Jim the runaway slave, is the archetypical American maverick.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFleeing the respectable society that wants to \"sivilize\" him, Huck Finn shoves off with Jim on a rhapsodic raft journey down the Mississippi River. The two bind themselves to one another, becoming intimate friends and agreeing \"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Huck learns about love, responsibility, and morality, the trip becomes a metaphoric voyage through his own soul, culminating in the glorious moment when he decides to \"go to hell\" rather than return Jim to slavery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMark Twain defined classic as \"a book which people praise and don't read\"; Huckleberry Finn is a happy exception to his own rule. Twain's mastery of dialect, coupled with his famous wit, has made \u003ci\u003eAdventures of Huckleberry Finn \u003c\/i\u003eone of the most loved and distinctly American classics ever written.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNominated for a Grammy for his work as co-producer of the five-CD box set \u003ci\u003eThe Jazz Singers\u003c\/i\u003e (1998), \u003cb\u003eRobert O'Meally\u003c\/b\u003e is Zora Neale Hurston Professor of Literature at Columbia University and Director of Columbia University's Center for Jazz Studies. He is the principal writer of \u003ci\u003eSeeing Jazz\u003c\/i\u003e (1997), the catalogue for the Smithsonian's exhibit on jazz and literature, and the co-editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Norton Anthology of African American Literature\u003c\/i\u003e (1996).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47121655005424,"sku":"9781411433724","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781411433724_p0.jpg?v=1763721963","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781411433724","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}