false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167540319m/24580.jpg 24580 58 Few books capture both the simplicity and complexities of American life quite like these enduring "boyhood" classics by Mark Twain. <br><br> <i>The Adventures of Tom Sawyer</i><br> Take a lighthearted, nostalgic trip to a simpler time, seen through the eyes of a special boy named Tom Sawyer. It is a summertime world of hooky and adventure, pranks and punishment, villains and young love. <br><br> <i>Adventures of Huckleberry Finn</i><br> He has no mother, his father is a drunkard, and he sleeps in a barrel. He's Huck Finn-liar, sometime thief, and rebel against respectability. But when Huck meets a runaway slave named Jim, his life changes forever. And on a raft floating down the Mississippi, the boy nobody wanted matures into a young man of courage and conviction. <br><br> Now includes a new introduction. 2999276 book 1884 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn total:3996|5:1300|4:1517|3:925|2:191|1:63| 3996 15788 4952 182 5 2 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 29 07:30:31 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 29 07:56:26 -0800 2008
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...more...]]> 0 0 false false Fri Jan 23 06:50:22 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 06:51:59 -0800 2009 What do you think about the book “The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn?” Well me, I really didn’t like it that much. To me this book was confusing, races and some parts of this book was very boring. If you don’t catch the beginning of a book, it is going to be hard ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Dec 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 13 16:14:34 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 07:52:23 -0800 2009
This story is about a boy named Huck Finn who runs away from home and has various adventures. It is set in the 1800's-southern United States. Aside from Huck the main characters are Jim, the king and duke, Huck’s dad, and Miss Watson. Huck has conflicts about beco...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995 Sun Mar 16 19:57:55 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 16 20:00:19 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Oct 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 12:53:31 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 15:56:59 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Aug 07 09:19:11 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 09:24:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Aug 27 07:50:03 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 07:55:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jun 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 18:52:45 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 08:26:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Aug 23 17:02:20 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 06:16:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Oct 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 02 10:42:28 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 11:04:59 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Aug 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 07 03:49:38 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 04 08:59:52 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sat Mar 21 11:39:45 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 11:52:32 -0700 2009
I discovered Mark Twain whilst at University and it was probably Tom Sawyer that got me reading as a habit as opposed to an occasional thing to do when necessary for a piece of coursework! I've re-read Tom Sawyer a couple of times and although ostensibly a children's adventure story it r...more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Oct 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 05:47:49 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 05:55:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 24 12:37:33 -0700 2008 Fri Nov 28 11:45:21 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Oct 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 17 11:35:55 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 19 19:13:09 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu May 08 20:38:53 -0700 2008 Thu May 08 20:39:54 -0700 2008
Huckleberry Finn, written by Mark Twain is one of the most well rounded books every written and it has everything that a reader could ask for in a book to keep the reader from wanting to put the book down. This is a story based on adventure and race and religion that mak...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu May 08 16:16:49 -0700 2008 Thu May 08 16:17:59 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu May 08 08:39:50 -0700 2008 Thu May 08 15:47:20 -0700 2008 By Mark Twain
Review by Anneliese Edge


I can honestly say I have never been to the Mississippi River, but the author of the this great American novel made me feel as if I were actually with Huck and Jim on their many adventures down th...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed May 07 18:05:09 -0700 2008 Thu May 08 18:20:24 -0700 2008
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Written by Mark Twain, Huckleberry Finn is one of the greatest American novels shows true definition of being timeless. In this novel it really shows how much struggle African Americ...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=24580