Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

In this centenary year of the first American edition of Huckleberry Finn, Neider, who has worked long and well in the thickets of Twain scholarship (this is the ninth Twain volume he has edited), offers a most fitting tribute, for which he will be thanked in some quarters, damned in others. Neider's contribution is twofold: he has restored to its rightful place the great rafting chapter, which the author had lifted from the manuscript-in-progress and dropped into Life on the Mississippi, and he has abridged some of the childish larkiness in the portions in which Huck's friend Tom Sawyer intrudes into this novel. For decades, critics have lamented the absence of the "missing" chapter and deplored the jarring presence of Tom in episodes that slow the narrative, but not until now has anyone had the temerity to set matters right. In paring back the "Tom" chapters (which he fully documents in his lengthy, spirited introduction, with literal line counts of the excised material), Neider has achieved a brisker read. Though there may be some brickbats thrown at him for this "sacrilege," few should object to the belated appearance of the transplanted rafting chapter in the novel in which it clearly belongs.

THOMAS COOLEY is Professor of English at The Ohio State University. He is the author of The Lvory Leg in the Ebony Cabint: Madness, Race, and Gender in Victorian America; Educated lives: The Rise of Modern Autohiography in America; and The Norton Guide to Writing. He is the editor of the Norton Sampler: Short Essays for Composition and of an edition, in progress, of the letters of Sophia Hawthorne.

Book Description
This is a reprint of the Iowa-California text of "Huckleberry Finn", accompanied by explanatory annotations, complete with original illustrations. "Contexts and Sources" provides a selection of documents related to the novel's composition, publication and initial reception.

Amazon.com
A seminal work of American Literature that still commands deep praise and still elicits controversy, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is essential to the understanding of the American soul. The recent discovery of the first half of Twain's manuscript, long thought lost, made front-page news. And this unprecedented edition, which contains for the first time omitted episodes and other variations present in the first half of the handwritten manuscript, as well as facsimile reproductions of thirty manuscript pages, is indispensable to a full understanding of the novel. The changes, deletions, and additions made in the first half of the manuscript indicate that Mark Twain frequently checked his impulse to write an even darker, more confrontational book than the one he finally published.

From Publishers Weekly
In this centenary year of the first American edition of Huckleberry Finn, Neider, who has worked long and well in the thickets of Twain scholarship (this is the ninth Twain volume he has edited), offers a most fitting tribute, for which he will be thanked in some quarters, damned in others. Neider's contribution is twofold: he has restored to its rightful place the great rafting chapter, which the author had lifted from the manuscript-in-progress and dropped into Life on the Mississippi, and he has abridged some of the childish larkiness in the portions in which Huck's friend Tom Sawyer intrudes into this novel. For decades, critics have lamented the absence of the "missing" chapter and deplored the jarring presence of Tom in episodes that slow the narrative, but not until now has anyone had the temerity to set matters right. In paring back the "Tom" chapters (which he fully documents in his lengthy, spirited introduction, with literal line counts of the excised material), Neider has achieved a brisker read. Though there may be some brickbats thrown at him for this "sacrilege," few should object to the belated appearance of the transplanted rafting chapter in the novel in which it clearly belongs. (October 25)

From Library Journal
This paperback release of the restored edition of Finn includes four previously unknown episodes discovered in 1990 when the first half of the original handwritten manuscript was unearthed (Classic Returns, LJ 4/15/96). It also includes the original illustrations and reproductions of 29 original pages. Considering the book's importance to American letters, this complete edition is essential for all libraries.

From School Library Journal
Grade 9 Up-All the highwater tales of Huck's journey are in this abridged versionAhis faked death, the Jackson Island sojourn, the Grangerford-Shepherdson feud, the Duke and the King, and his reunion with Tom Sawyer. Along the way, we are treated to a sensual feast of the sights, smells, and rhythms of the Mississippi River and the humanistic education of Huck that culminates in his assisting in Jim's escape. The familiar adventures of Huck and runaway slave Jim's odyssey on a raft floating down the Mississippi have been well documented previously in audio format with noted versions read by Ed Begley, Will Wheaton (both from Dove), and the 1985 Grammy nominated Durkin Hayes production read by Dick Cavett. This version, beautifully read by actor Mike McShane, is a wonderful contribution to the recorded Twain canon. McShane handles multiple characterizations well, but excels in Huck's folksy narrative voice and Jim's understated power and dignity. School and public libraries should not miss this excellent rendition.
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Barry X. Miller, Austin Public Library, TX

From AudioFile
One of the better unabridged recordings of Mark Twain's masterpiece is on par with others vis-à-vis interpretation and excels in sheer beauty. In this impeccably quiet release, Tom Parker (aka Grover Gardner) contributes a resonant announcer's baritone, superb technique, musical expressiveness, and a fond, intelligent understanding. He is less a narrator here than a storyteller, one of the best this reviewer has heard, sounding as if he were speaking extemporaneously. Of the half-dozen recorded renditions I've auditioned, this is the one that best expresses the brilliance of Twain's rendering of dialect and a rural boy's sensibility. A judicious use of sound processing enhances his performance. Y.R. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award

From the Publisher
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Book Dimension:
length: (cm)23.4 　　　 　　　　　 　 width:(cm)13.4

CHAPTER I.
Civilizing Huck.—Miss Watson.—Tom Sawyer Waits
CHAPTER II.
The Boys Escape Jim.—Tom Sawyer's Gang.—Deep-laid Plans .
CHAPTER III.
　A Good Going-oven—Grace Triumphant.—"One of Tom Saw-yer's Lies"
CHAPTER IV.
　Huck and the Judge.—Superstition
CHAPTER V.
　Huck's Father.—The Fond Parent.—Reform
CHAPTER VI.
　 He Went for Judge Thatcher.—Huck Decides to Leave.—Politi-cal Economy.—Thrashing Around
CHAPTER VII.
　Laying for Him.—Locked in the Cabin.—Sinking the Body.-Resting
CHAPTER VIII.
　Sleeping in the Woods.—Raising the Dead.—Exploring the Is-land.—Finding Jim.—Jim's Escape.—Signs.—"Balum"
CHAPTER IX.
　The Cave.—The Floating House
CHAPTER X.
　The Find.—Old Hank Bunker.—In Disguise
CHAPTER XI.
　Huck and the Woman.—The Search.—Prevarication.—Going to Goshen
CHAPTER XII.
　Slow Navigation.—Borrowing Things.—Boarding the Wreck.-The Plotters.—Hunting for the Boat
CHAPTER XIII.
　Escaping from the Wreck.-The Watchman.—Sinking
CHAPTER XIV.
　A General Good Time.—The Harem.—French
CHAPTER XV.
　Huck Loses the Raft.—In the Fog.—Huck Finds the Raft.-Trash
CHAPTER XVI.
　"Give Us a Rest."—The Corpse-Maker Crows.—"The Child of Calamity."They Both Weaken.—Little Davy Steps In.-After the Battle.—Ed's Adventures.—Something Queer.-AHaunted Barrel.—It Brings a Storm.—The Barrel Pursues.—Killed by Lightning.—lbright Atones.—Ed Gets Mad.-Snake or Boy?—"Snake Him Out."—Some Lively Lying.—Off and Overboard.—Expectations.A White Lie.—Floating Currency.—Running by Cairo.—Swimming Ashore
CHAPTER XVII.
An Evening Call.The Farm in Arkansaw.—Interior Decora-tions.—Stephen Dowling Bots.—Poetical Effusions
CHAPTER XVIII.
Col. Grangerford.—istocracy.—Feuds.The Testament.—Re-covering the Raft.—The Wood-pile.—Pork and Cabbage
CHAPTER XIX.
Tying Up Day-times.An Astronomical Theory—Running a Tem-perance Revival.The Duke of Bridgewater.The Troubles of Royalty
CHAPTER XX.
Huck Explains.—Laying Out a Campaign. Working the Camp-meeting.—-A Pirate at the Camp-meeting.The Duke as a Printer
CHAPTER XXI.
Sword Exercise.—Hamlet's Soliloquy.They Loafed Around Town.—-A Lazy Town.—Old Boggs.—Dead
CHAPTER XXII.
Sherburn.—Attending the Circus.—Intoxication in the Ring.-The Thrilling Tragedy
CHAPTER XXIII.
"Sold!"—Royal Comparisons.—Jim Gets Homesick
CHAPTER XXIV.
Jim in Royal Robes.—They Take a Passenger.—Getting Infor-mation.—Family Grief
CHAPTER XXV.
"Is It Them?"—Singing the "Doxologer." Awful Square.—Fu-neral Orgies.—A Bad Investment
CHAPTER XXVI.
A Pious King.-The King's Clergy.—She Asked His Pardon.-Hiding in the Room.—Huck Takes the Money
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