TWAIN, MARK - A seminal work of American Literature that still commands deep praise and still elicits controversy, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is essential to the understanding of the American soul The recent discovery of the first half of Twain's manuscript, long thought lost, made front-page news And this unprecedented edition, which contains for the first time omitted episodes and other variations present in the first half of the handwritten manuscript, as well as facsimile reproductions of thirty manuscript pages, is indispensable to a full understanding of the novel The changes, deletions, and additions made in the first half of the manuscript indicate that Mark Twain frequently checked his impulse to write an even darker, more confrontational book than the one he finally published --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title From Publishers Weekly Considered the first great American novel, part of Finn's charm is the wisdom and sobering social criticism deftly lurking amongst the seemingly innocent observations of the uneducated Huck and the even-less-educated escaped slave, Jim William Dufris's voice, unp retentious and disarming, like the book's main characters, seems the perfect armature on which to hang this literary strategy Although he does an expert job with the entire cast, Dufris's delivery of Jim's dialogue is his crowning achievement Out of context, Dufris's Jim might sound mocking and racist, due to his expert delivery of Twain's regional vernacular Ignorance and intelligence, however, are not mutually exclusive, and taken as a whole, Jim's mind and heart come shining through, allowing the listener to reflect on their own assumptions Tantor Media includes the entire text as a digital e-book on the final CD, a wise and thoughtful move in a market with swift and changing currents Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc All rights reserved --This text refers to the Audio CD edition See all Editorial Reviews Product Details Series: Word Cloud Classics Flexibound: 272 pages Publisher: Canterbury Classics; Lea Rep edition (September 18, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 1607105500 ISBN-13: 978-1607105503
