{"product_id":"mark-twains-adventures-of-tom-sawyer-and-huckleberry-finn-the-original-text-edition-paperback","title":"Mark Twain's Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn: The Original Text Edition - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlan Gribben\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAlan Gribben\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark Twain's two most famous novels are published here as the continuous narrative that he originally envisioned. Twain started writing \u003ci\u003eAdventures of Huckleberry Finn\u003c\/i\u003e soon after finishing \u003ci\u003eThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer\u003c\/i\u003e (1876), but difficulties with the sequel took him eight years to resolve. Consequently his contemporary readers failed to view the volumes as the companion books he had intended. In the twentieth century, publishers, librarians, and academics continued to separate the two titles, with the result that they are seldom read sequentially even though they feature many of the same characters and their narratives open in the identical Mississippi River village, St. Petersburg. This Original Text Edition brings the stories back together and faithfully follows the wording of the first editions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDR. ALAN GRIBBEN co-founded the Mark Twain Circle of America, compiled \u003ci\u003eMark Twain's Library: A Reconstruction\u003c\/i\u003e, and recently co-edited \u003ci\u003eMark Twain on the Move: A Travel Reader\u003c\/i\u003e. Gribben has written numerous essays about Mark Twain's life and image. He teaches on the English faculty of Auburn University at Montgomery and edits the \u003ci\u003eMark Twain Journal\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 522\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.16 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Adventures of Tom Sawyer\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Middle Grades, 4-8\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 3.6\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51799872766240,"sku":"9781603062374","price":28.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ed03115c884d7c219fbb87f4b0a86fa5.webp?v=1780825274","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/mark-twains-adventures-of-tom-sawyer-and-huckleberry-finn-the-original-text-edition-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}