With only a few hundred copies printed, this edition features 49 hand-signed, wood engravings depicting key moments and scenes throughout the novel.
Released in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the original publication date, Barry’s Moser’s illustrated edition of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn takes the fine art of book illustration to the next level. With that in mind, here are three editions of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn that are sure to delight book collectors and readers alike. Often referred to as one of Twain’s most complete pieces of satire of the American South and its inhabitants, the novel is a direct sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and was one of the first novels to incorporate regional language and dialect into the narrative and dialogue.īut perhaps one of the novel’s most interesting aspects is the physical book itself, or rather the handful of early, rare, and illustrated editions that somehow manage to elevate this famed literary work. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn chronicles the title character’s fortunes and friendships in Missouri and neighboring states along the Mississippi River.
But long before these classic novels helped redefine what is meant by the ‘great American novel,’ Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn defined the term in such a way that the novel is still regarded today as perhaps one of the most seminal works in the American literary landscape.įirst published in the United States in 1885 -the novel was actually released in December 1884 in the U.K. When you hear the phrase ‘great American novel,’ a few titles immediately jump to mind.
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