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The Purloining of Prince Oleomargarine by Mark Twain; Phillip Stead; Erin Stead (ILT)
Category: Children's Classics
A never-before-published, previously unfinished Mark Twain children's story is brought to life by Caldecott Medal winners Philip Stead and Erin Stead. a In a hotel in Paris one evening in 1879, Mark Twain sat with his young daughters, who begged their father for a story. After the girls chose a picture ...Show more
The Speculative Fiction of Mark Twain by Mark Twain
Category: Classics | Series: Dover Thrift Editions Ser.
Although best known for his novels, Mark Twain was a prolific writer of short stories, many of which involved elements of science fiction--and this compilation highlights his finest works of speculative fiction. Twain applies his wit and imagination to the spinning of tales about mental telepathy, insta ...Show more
The Stolen White Elephant: Little Black Classics by Mark Twain
Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Little Black Classics
'Pale Terror Goes Him, Death and Devastation Follow!' This is from the father of American literature, four sparkling comic tales of extraordinary animals and parables subverted. This is one of 46 new books in the best-selling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1 ...Show more
Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Category: Classics | Series: Collector's library
Tom Sawyer and his friends play truant from school and set off for an island near their home town. Here they decide to play pirates but their game is interrupted when they witness a murder. Tom has to grow up very quickly and do the right thing.
Tom Sawyer by MARK TWAIN
Category: Children's Classics | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
Famous and beloved classics are reinterpreted to capture the attention of young audiences in this engaging book series. This magnificently illustrated edition Herman Melville's Moby Dick brings new life to this timeless story of the monomaniacal quest of Captain Ahab, for revenge on the sperm whale Moby ...Show more
Tom Sawyer Abroad & Tom Sawyer, Detective by Mark Twain
Category: Classics | Series: Wordsworth Classics
Following on from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884-5) Tom Sawyer Abroad (1894) became one of Mark Twain's most popular books. Again we meet his world famous characters: Tom Sawyer, 'Nigger Jim', and Huck Finn - together now on a fantastical balloon journey acr ...Show more
Tom Sawyer, Detective and Tom Sawyer Abroad by Mark Twain
Category: Children's Classics | Series: Dover Children's Evergreen Classics Ser.
Filled with the folk humor and storytelling charm that have made Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn such enduringly popular characters, these two comic gems trace the friends' further adventures. Tom Sawyer, Detective finds the boys summoned by Aunt Sally to "Arkansaw," where Uncle Silas is in deep trouble. Tom p ...Show more
Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Category: Classics | Series: Everyman's Library Classics Ser.
Along with Blake and Dickens, Mark Twain was one of the nineteenth century's greatest chroniclers of childhood. These two novels reveal different aspects of his genius: Tom Sawyer is a much-loved story about the sheer pleasure of being a boy; Huckleberry Finn, the book Hemingway said was the source of a ...Show more
Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Category: Classics | Series: Wordsworth Classics
With an Introduction and Notes by Stuart Hutchinson, University of Kent at Canterbury. Tom Sawyer, a shrewd and adventurous boy, is as much at home in the respectable world of his Aunt Polly as in the self-reliant and parentless world of his friend Huck Finn. The two enjoy a series of adventures, accide ...Show more