Twain Library (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) Book

This collection of novels displays America's most beloved author at his best:
• Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Ernest Hemingway declared "all modern American literature comes from Huck Finn," but for millions of readers, this witty, wise Mississippi River novel requires no endorsement beyond its own pages.
• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer The robust, rascally adventures of young Tom Sawyer and his close friend Huckleberry Finn have delighted readers ever since they were first published in 1876.
• Pudd'nhead Wilson and Those Extraordinary Twins Arguably Twain's most underappreciated work, this novel about life in antebellum America combines a critique of race and class prejudices with a murder mystery.
• The Prince and the Pauper This timeless tale of switched identities shows what happens when a miserably poor young man and a pampered British prince change places.
• A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court After a knock on the head somehow transports him back to medieval England, a young American mechanic attempts to apply homegrown wisdom to a superstitious aristocratic society.

The Barnes & Noble Classics series offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics series:
• New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars
• Biographies of the authors
• Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events
• Footnotes and endnotes
• Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work
• Comments by other famous authors
• Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations
• Bibliographies for further reading
• Indices & Glossaries, when appropriate