<i>The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County</i> is one of the most beloved of Mark Twain's tales. Notable for the shaggy-dog quality of the story-within-the-story, this early work of humorous short prose was Twain's first big success as a writer... Zobraziť viac
By turns hilarious and heartwarming, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is considered Mark Twain's masterpiece. Desperate to escape his abusive father and the constraints of civilization, young Huck Finn fakes his death and, with his slave friend Jim, emb Zobraziť viac
The year is 1547. In London, two boys from different families live very different lives. One is Edward Tudor, a prince and the future King of England; the other is Tom Canty, the son of a thief... Zobraziť viac
Huck and Jim travel down the Mississippi from St. Petersburg to Cairo. Jim is a runaway slave so they have to be careful. They have a lot of adventures on the river. They even meet a king! But is he real? Huck soon finds out the truth. Zobraziť viac
For nearly two decades before Mark Twain published his finest novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, he was refining his craft and winning tremendous popularity with his short stories and sketches. This richly entertaining and comprehensive ... Zobraziť viac
Fashioned from the same experiences that would inspire the masterpiece Huckleberry Finn, Life on the Mississippi is Mark Twain’s most brilliant and most personal nonfiction work... Zobraziť viac
Mark Twain's tale of a boy's picaresque journey down the Mississippi on a raft conveyed the voice and experience of the American frontier as no other work has done before. When Huck escapes from his drunken father and the 'sivilizing' Widow Dougl... Zobraziť viac
Wild child Huck has to get away. His violent drunk of a father is back in town again, raising Cain. He won´t rest until he... Zobraziť viac
This is a sumptuous leatherbound version of the original 1876 edition. This beautiful edition features a ribbon marker and decorated endpapers. Most of the adventures recorded in this book really occurred ... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Books Ltd: From the famous episodes of the whitewashed fence and the ordeal in the cave to the trial of Injun Joe,... Zobraziť viac
Suitable for children aged 7 years and up, this title features Tom Sawyer who liked adventures, which means he was always getting in trouble searching for treasure, witnessing a murder, getting caught in a bat cave, tricking others into doing his work... Zobraziť viac
Tom Sawyer does not like school. He does not like work, and he never wants to get out of bed in the morning. But he likes... Zobraziť viac
Tom Sawyer does not like school. He does not like work, and he never wants to get out of bed in the morning. But he likes... Zobraziť viac
It was midnight. Tom and his friend Huck Finn were hiding in a dark graveyard, near the grave of the wicked Horse Williams. They were waiting to see if devils would come to take his body away. It was awfully quiet. Suddenly Tom pulled Huck's arm. He... Zobraziť viac
Whether forming a pirate gang to search for buried treasure or spending a quiet time at home, sharing his medicine with Aunt Polly's cat, the irrepressible Tom Sawyer evokes the world of boyhood in nineteenth century rural America. In this classic s... Zobraziť viac
“Does a boy get a chance to whitewash a fence every day?” In this Reader you will find: Information about Mark Twain’s life | A section focusing on Schools in Tom Sawyer’s Day | CLIL Geography: The Mississippi River | Glossary of difficult words |... Zobraziť viac
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County depicts one of American history’s most exciting periods: the California Gold Rush of the 1850s. Come to Angel’s Mining Camp in California and meet Smiley whose frog is a living gold mine until one day... Zobraziť viac
Famous during his lifetime as a humorist and for his incandescent social satires, Mark Twain is most often thought of today as a novelist whose precise language and vividly drawn characters introduce readers to tales steeped in concern... Zobraziť viac
