Mark Twain
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These three novels by the great American satirist transport readers across the ocean to Europe and back in time to Camelot and the Hundred Years' War.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court: A supervisor at a firearms factory in Hartford, Connecticut, Hank Morgan inexplicably finds himself transported back in time to Camelot. Worse still, he is brought before the Round Table and sentenced to burn at the stake. Will Hank die at the hands of King...
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These four timeless classics of American fiction explore the trials of growing up and the hypocrisies of nineteenth-century American life.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Escaping society, Huckleberry Finn and a runaway slave named Jim take a log raft down the Mississippi River. Their adventures draw them closer together until Huck must make a fateful choice between Jim's freedom and his own salvation. One of the first major novels written in...
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These three travel memoirs by the beloved author of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn capture nineteenth-century life in America and beyond.
Life on the Mississippi: Before Samuel Clemens became Mark Twain, he trained to be a Mississippi River steamboat pilot. Here Twain recounts his apprenticeship under legendary captain Horace Bixby, the dramatic fates of riverboat gamblers, and much more. Years later, as a passenger on a voyage from St. Louis...
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In the heart of Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the Mississippi River stands as both a physical and metaphorical conduit for the protagonist's odyssey. Fleeing his abusive father and the societal constraints that seek to "sivilize" him, young Huckleberry Finn finds solace on the riverbanks, a sanctuary that beckons him toward self-discovery and freedom. On Jackson Island, Huck's solitude is shattered when he encounters Jim, a runaway...
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Lançado em 1885 no seguimento de "As aventuras de Tom Sawyer" (1876), a história de Huck Finn, no entanto, ganhou autonomia: é unanimemente considerada a obra-prima de Mark Twain e mudou para sempre o imaginário dos Estados Unidos.
Para se livrar do pai bêbado e violento, Huckleberry Finn procura refúgio numa pequena ilha do rio Mississippi, onde se alia a Jim, um escravo em fuga. Em busca de liberdade, a inusitada dupla inicia uma viagem pelo...
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Huckleberry Finn knüpft dort an, wo Tom Sawyer aufhört:
Huck, nach dem Abenteuer mit Tom zu Geld gekommen, wohnt bei der Witwe Douglas, die versucht ihn zu "zivilisieren". Von dort wird er von seinem Vater entführt, dem er durch die Vortäuschung seiner eigenen Ermordung entkommt.
Ab diesem Zeitpunkt beginnen seine Abenteuer auf dem Mississippi, zusammen mit dem entlaufenen Sklaven Jim...
Die Produktion wurde im Februar 2006 auf die hr2-Hörbuch-Bestenliste...
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Der große amerikanische Schriftsteller ist vor allem für seine Kinderbücher berühmt. Doch gerade auch in seiner kurzen Prosa offenbart sich sein ganzes Können. Eine Auswahl heiterer Meistererzählungen als Hörbuch: Aurelias unglücklicher Brätigam - Ein geheimnisvoller Besuch - Erfahrungen der Familie McWilliams mit der Rachendiphterie - Die Geschichte des Hausierers - Mrs McWilliams beim Gewitter.
8) Quick Classics Collection: Travel: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Three Men in a Boat; Robinson Cr
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Moving from a long hot summer in Mississippi to the rivers of London, and beyond to a remote tropical desert island, this collection of fictional travel writing contains some of the most famous novels from the 18th and 19th century and includes Bing Crosby's superb reading of Mark Twain's classic coming of age tale. These classic stories are read by singer, comedian, and actor Bing Crosby; president of the Jerome K. Jerome Society, Jeremy Nicholas;...