Huckleberry Finn,   ISBN:9781559946308

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My teenage daughter was tasked by her english class teacher to write a book report on a book of her choosing,as long as the book was one of the classics. She asked for my help in finding a book, I suggested The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. I checked E-Bay and found that the book was available in paperback for a very low price,and in less than two weeks, the book arrived.

My daughter read the entire book,which was a surprise to me because I don't remember her reading anything that was not a teen magazine,and wrote her book report. I'am glad to say that she thanked me and wanted me to know how much she enjoyed the book even though her teacher felt that she had help writing the report.I wonder where she got that idea.

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exactly what I expected, the description matched the product perfectly, the book was in mint condition.

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Michael Patrick Hearn's annotation of Twain's Huckleberry Finn is a wonderful composite of scholarship written about Huckleberry Finn over many years, and in my opinion, should be on everyone's bookshelf who is a serious reader of Twain. I belong to a weekly book club of mature readers who enjoy a deeper interpretation of style, content, multiple levels of meaning, and philosophy of all "classics" of literature. In the case of Huckleberry Finn, we all had read the book earlier in our lives, and we have enjoyed it all the more reading it now.

Hearn's book will likely be a classic in itself one day.

My only criticism is the numbered annotations are set side by side in the text which makes it more difficult for me to read. I would prefer that they all be listed at the end of each chapter.

Charles E. Reaves, M. D.

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It was a brand new book for the price of 1$ plus shipping and handling. I was very pleased.

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I read this book once in the 8th grade and recently as a sophomore in high school and this book has earned a place in my heart. As an 8th grader, Jim's dialect was difficult to comprehend and I didn't fully pick up on the historical satire, but it's a great adventure story that teaches a lesson. High school and up should read it. Younger readers should start with Tom Sawyer, another excellent adventure story, and read Huck Finn later (Huckleberry Finn is the sequel to Tom Sawyer).