Samuel Langhorne Clemens
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
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Description
Called "the veriest trash" by a member of the Concord, Massachusetts Library Board that banned the novel when it was first published, Huckleberry Finn has come to be viewed, as H.L. Mencken put it, as "one of the great masterpieces of the world." Ernest Hemingway wrote that "All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn....There was nothing before. There has been nothing as good since." A daringly ironic...
6) Tom Sawyer
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Series
Pub. Date
1990, c1986
Description
Breve relato basado en la cuento clásico que transcurre a orillas del río Mississippi, en el cual Tom Sawyer y sus amigos Huck Finn and Beckey Thatcher se escapan de sus casas, observan un asesinato y encuentran un tesoro en una cueva.
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Pub. Date
c1979
Description
An anthology of the works of Mark Twain including the complete texts of "Tom Sawyer" and "Huckleberry Finn", selections from his travel and humorous sketches, and excerpts from lesser-known novels. Texts are taken from first editions and include the original illustrations.