Mark Twain eBooks
eBooks di Mark Twain editi da Classic Ebooks di Formato Mobipocket
The adventures of Tom Sawyer. E-book. Formato Mobipocket Mark Twain - Classic Ebooks, 2013 -
Tom Sawyer is a boy that lives with his Aunt Polly and his half-brother, Sid. The story is set in the Town of "St. Petersburg", Missouri, inspired by Hannibal, Missouri, where Mark Twain lived. "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" is a redolent evocation of the life in the Mississippi River town and the lives of those people who live on its shores. A somber undercurrent flows through the high humor and unabashed nostalgia of the novel, however, for beneath the innocence of childhood lie the inequities of adult reality—base emotions and superstitions, murder and revenge, starvation and slavery. Touching and funny, and always engrossing, this book is, and probably always will be, a much-read American classic that is worth reading and re-reading. The books shows the joy of childhood as well as the acceptance of change.. "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" is a riotous adventure shot through with humor, pathos and great spades full of excitement. What's more the pure joy for life that Tom, his best friend Huckleberry Finn and the other boys of Twain’s imagination go about their riotous business is a joy to behold. It takes one back and makes one pine for a simpler time when the most pressing business was whether to pretend to be pirates or go hunting for treasure.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. E-book. Formato Mobipocket Mark Twain - Classic Ebooks, 2013 -
Huckleberry "Huck" Finn is a boy about fourteen. He has been brought up by his father, the town drunk, and has a hard time fitting into society. Huck has been placed under the guardianship of the Widow Douglas, who, together with her sister, Miss Watson, are attempting to civilize him. The story is set in fictional St. Petersburg, Missouri, on the shore of the Mississippi River. Commonly named among the Great American Novels, "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" is among the first in major American literature to be written in the vernacular, characterized by local color regionalism. The book is noted for its colorful description of people and places along the Mississippi River. Satirizing the Southern antebellum society, the work is an often scathing look at entrenched attitudes, particularly racism. It was criticized because of its coarse language and became even more controversial because of its perceived use of racial stereotypes and because of its frequent use of the racial slur "nigger", despite strong arguments that the protagonist, and the tenor of the book, is anti-racist.