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This edition features a new introduction by noted Mark Twain scholar R. Kent Rasmussen that situates the novel for a contemporary audience, and a foreword by Azar Nafisi, author of The Republic of Imagination.
The classic boyhood adventure tale, updated with a new introduction by noted Mark Twain scholar R. Kent Rasmussen and a foreword by Azar Nafisi, author ofReading Lolita in TehranandThe Republic of Imagination

In recent years, neither the persistent effort to"clean up" the racial epithets in Mark Twain'sAdventures of Huckleberry Finnnor its consistentuse in the classroom have diminished, highlightingthe novel's wide-ranging influence andits continued importance in American society.An incomparable adventure story, it is a vignetteof a turbulent, yet hopeful epoch in Americanhistory, defining the experience of a nation invoices often satirical, but always authentic.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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