The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Heinle Reading Library)

In addition to the entire text of what some consider the quintessential American novel, this comprehensive volume features materials that help place the novel in perspective with its time and place. "Contexts" includes essays on the composition of the novel, the people and history of the Upper Mississippi Valley, slavery, and the critical reception of the novel upon its publication. "Readings" includes Henry Nash Smith's introduction to the 1958 Riverside Edition of the novel, as well as critical essays.Twain, Mark is the author of 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Heinle Reading Library)', published 2006 under ISBN 9781424005420 and ISBN 1424005426.