| The Best Short Works of Mark Twain Enriched Classi Edition Contributor(s): Twain, Mark (Author) |
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ISBN: 0743487796 ISBN-13: 9780743487795 Publisher: Simon & Schuster OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: November 2004 Annotation: ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP A collection of short works by one of America's most revered, iconoclastic, and enduring voicesMark Twain. EACH ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES: - A concise introduction that gives readers important background information - A chronology of the author's life and work - A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context - An outline of key themes and plot points to help readers form their own interpretations - Detailed explanatory notes - Critical analysis, including contemporary and modern perspectives on the work - Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction - A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experience Enriched Classics offer readers affordable editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and insightful commentary. The scholarship provided in Enriched Classics enables readers to appreciate, understand, and enjoy the world's finest books to their full potential. SERIES EDITED BY CYNTHIA BRANTLEY JOHNSON
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Satire - Fiction | Humorous - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Enriched Classics (Pocket) |
| Physical Information: 1.41" H x 3.98" W x 6.86" (0.80 lbs) 806 pages |
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| Publisher Description: ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP A collection of short works by one of America's most revered, iconoclastic, and enduring voices Mark Twain. EACH ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES: - A concise introduction that gives readers important background information - A chronology of the author's life and work - A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context - An outline of key themes and plot points to help readers form their own interpretations - Detailed explanatory notes - Critical analysis, including contemporary and modern perspectives on the work - Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction - A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experience Enriched Classics offer readers affordable editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and insightful commentary. The scholarship provided in Enriched Classics enables readers to appreciate, understand, and enjoy the world's finest books to their full potential. SERIES EDITED BY CYNTHIA BRANTLEY JOHNSON |
Contributor Bio(s): Twain, Mark: - Mark Twain was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens. His humorous tales of human nature, especially The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), remain standard texts in high school and college literature classes. Twain was born and died in years in which Halley's Comet passed by Earth: 1835 and 1910. |