Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

The classic boyhood adventure tale,updated with a new introduction by noted Mark Twain scholar R. Kent Rasmussen and a foreword by Azar Nafisiauthor of Reading Lolita in Tehran and The Republic of Imagination In recent yearsneither the persistent effort to ΓÇ£clean upΓÇ¥ the racial epithets in Mark TwainΓÇÖs Adventures of Huckleberry Finn nor its consistent use in the classroom have diminishedhighlighting the novelΓÇÖs wide-ranging influence and its continued importance in American society. An incomparable adventure storyit is a vignette of a turbulentyet hopeful epoch in American historydefining the experience of a nation in voices often satiricalbut always authentic. For more than seventy yearsPenguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1700 titlesPenguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authorsas well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.