The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain
- Used
- near fine
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Margate City, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
1975 limited edition copy by the Franklin Library for their collection of the "100 Greatest Books of All Time." Fully bound in leather with gilt-edged pages and gilt decorations on the cover, back, spine. Feel free to contact me for more information or photos.
Synopsis
Commonly named among the Great American novels, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, written by Mark Twain, is generally regarded as the sequel to his earlier novel, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; however, in Huckleberry Finn, Twain focused increasingly on the institution of slavery and the South. Narrated by Huckleberry “Huck” Finn in Southern antebellum vernacular, the novel gives vivid descriptions of people and daily life along the Mississippi River while following the adventure of Huck and a runaway slave, Jim, rafting their way to freedom.
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- Bookseller
- Freedman Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1
- Title
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- Author
- Mark Twain
- Format/Binding
- Leather-bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- The Franklin Library
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Twain, Huckleberry, Franklin Library
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This Book’s Categories
- Fiction & Literature Action & Adventure
- Fiction & Literature Fiction by Region American Fiction
- Fiction & Literature Classic Literature
- Fiction & Literature Individual Authors Mark Twain
- Fiction & Literature Literary Studies Literary Criticism
- Children & Juvenile Juvenile & Young Adult Juvenile Fiction & Literature Juvenile Classics