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A Tramp Abroad by Mark Twain
$26.00 NZD
Category: No Category
Twain's account of travelling in Europe, "A Tramp Abroad" (1880), sparkles with the author's shrewd observations and highly opinionated comments on Old World culture, and showcases his unparalleled ability to integrate humorous sketches, autobiographical tidbits, and historical anecdotes in a consistent ...Show more
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
$10.00 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
Mark Twain's witty, satirical tale of childhood rebellion against hypocritical adult authority, the "Penguin Classics" edition of "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" is edited with a critical introduction by Peter Coveney. Mark Twain's story of a boy's journey down the Mississippi on a raft conveyed th ...Show more
Autobiographical Writings by Mark Twain
$13.00 NZD
Category: General Biography | Series: Penguin Classics
This new collection of autobiographical pieces offers a fascinating insight into the life and philosophy of Mark Twain, author of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, and one of America's most celebrated writers. A must-have for all lovers of Mark Twain, this selection of his autobiographical writings opens ...Show more
Can-cans, Cats and Cities of Ash by Mark Twain
$15.00 NZD
Category: General Travel | Series: Penguin Great Journeys
One of the great derisive monuments to the imbecilities of the tourist experience, Mark Twain's (1835-1910) account of his tour with a group of fellow Americans around the sights of Europe is both hilarious and touching, Twain's exasperation and dismay at the phoney and exploitative being matched by his ...Show more
Following the Equator by Mark Twain
$30.00 NZD
Category: General Travel | Series: Adventure Classics Ser.
A satirical chronicle of the author's 1895 tour around the world describes the wonders and people he encountered en route and presents a portrait of nineteenth-century travel and customs, in a travelogue enhanced by the author's unique humor, curiosity, and observations. Reprint.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
$20.00 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Pocket Penguin Classics
Wild Huck has to get away. His violent drunk of a father is back in town again, raising Cain. He won't rest until he has Huck's money. So the enterprising boy fakes his own death and sets out in search of adventure and freedom. But Huck finds himself wrestling with his conscience. Should he save Jim, or ...Show more
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
$15.00 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Penguin English Library
The Penguin English Library Edition of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain 'I'm unfavorable to killin' a man as long as you can git around it; it ain't good sense, it ain't good morals. Ain't I right?' The original Great American Novel, an incomparable adventure story and a classic of anarc ...Show more
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Chartwell Classics HB) by Mark Twain
$28.00 NZD
Category: Children's classics | Series: Chartwell Classics Ser.
Referring to Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, H. L. Mencken noted that his discovery of this classic American novel was "the most stupendous event of my whole life"; Ernest Hemingway declared that "all modern American literature stems from this one book," while T. S. Eliot called Huck "one of the permane ...Show more
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Puffin Classics) by Mark Twain
$13.00 NZD
Category: Children's classics
Huckleberry Finn had a tough life with his drunk father until an adventure with Tom Sawyer changed everything. But when Huck's dad returns and kidnaps him, he must escape down the Mississippi river with runaway slave, Jim. They encounter trouble at every turn, from floods and gunfights to armed bandits ...Show more
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Puffin Classics) by Mark Twain
$26.00 NZD
Category: Children's fiction | Reading Level: 10-13
Huckleberry Finn had a tough life with his drunk father until an adventure with Tom Sawyer changed everything. But when Huck's dad returns and kidnaps him, he must escpe down the Mississippi river with runaway slave, Jim. They encounter trouble at every turn, from floods and gunfights to armed bandits a ...Show more
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Vintage Classics) by Mark Twain
$15.00 NZD
Category: Children's classics
'It's lovely to live on a raft. We had the sky up there, all speckled with stars, and we used to lay on our backs and look up at them' Huck Finn spits, swears, smokes a pipe and never goes to school. With his too-big clothes and battered straw hat, Huck is in need of 'civilising', and the Widow Douglas ...Show more
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
$13.00 NZD
Category: Children's classics | Series: Puffin Classics | Reading Level: good-very good
On the banks of the Mississippi, Tom Sawyer and his friends seek out adventure at every turn. Then one fateful night they witness a murder. The boys swear never to reveal the secret and run away to be pirates and search for hidden treasure. But when Tom gets trapped in a cave with the murderer, can he e ...Show more