One of Twains Greatest! : This book–at times disjointed, rambling, self-referential, and irreverent–is decades ahead of its time. Its an interdisciplinarians dream as Twain takes on economics, geography, politics, ancient and contemporary history, and folklore with equal ease. Mostly though, one appreciates his knack for exaggeration, the tall tale, and the outright lie. Its a triumph of tone, as he lets you in on his wild wit, his keen observation, and his penchant for bending the truth without...
"Life on the Mississippi" by Mark Twain. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to...
"Life on the Mississippi" by Mark Twain. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to...
Knallkopf Wilson gelesen von Heikko Deutschmann 1894 entstand diese wunderbare Gesellschaftssatire, die nun in einer Neuübersetzung von Heikko Deutschmann ungekürzt gelesen wird. Twain kolloriert das Leben in dem kleinen Städtchen Dawson's Landng mit seiner unvergleichlichen Art des Sprachwitzes und seinem spitzfedrigen Humor.
Mark Twains zweites Buch mit dem jugendlichen, von der damaligen Gesellschaft abgestoßenen Huckleberry Finn ist nicht nur abenteuerlich, sondern stellenweise auch sehr zivilisationskritisch und geradezu düster. Es handelt Sklaverei, den Wert eines Menschen, um Lüge und Betrug, um moralisches Tun und um echte Freundschaft, gegen rassismus, rassismus kinderbuch, rassismus deutschland, rassismus für kinder, rassismus in schulbüchern, rassismus und kulturelle identität, george floyd shirt, abenteuer...
A level 2 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by Diane Mowat.
Who wants to live in a house, wear clean clothes, be good, and go to school every day? Not young Huckleberry Finn, that's for sure.
So Huck runs away, and is soon floating down the great Mississippi River on a raft. With him is Jim, a black slave who is also running away. But life is not always easy for the two friends.
And there's 300 dollars waiting for anyone who catches poor Jim…
