An American classic, with more than 320,000 copies sold-- some of Twain's most pungent and hilarious writings."The attitude is that of Swift, the intellectual contempt is that of Voltaire, and the imagination is that of one of the great masters of American writing." "--New York Times"

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Huck Finn, le camarade vagabond de Tom Sawyer, est retenu prisonnier par son père ivrogne dans une cabane au fond des bois. Il s'échappe, se réfugie sur l'île Jackson, où il retrouve Jim, l'esclave en fuite de miss Watson. Avides d'aventures et de liberté, tous deux commencent à descendre le Mississippi sur un radeau. Mais à chaque étape du voyage, toutes sortes d'événements surviennent qui obligeront Huck à prendre de graves décisions…Sa découverte, en Jim, d'un homme semblable à lui marque une date dans l'éveil de la conscience anti-raciste aux États-Unis.Traduit par Bernard Hoepffner

Aventures de Huckleberry Finn

This   carefully crafted ebook: "The Prince and the Pauper + A Connecticut Yankee in   King Arthur's Court + Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc" contains 3 books   in one volume and is formatted for your eReader with a functional and   detailed table of contents.
The Prince and the Pauper is a novel by Mark Twain first published in 1881   in Canada, before its 1882 publication in the United States.  Set in 1547, it tells the story of two   young boys who are identical in appearance: Tom Canty, a pauper who lives   with his abusive father in Offal Court off Pudding Lane in London, and Prince   Edward, son of King Henry VIII.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is an 1889 novel by Mark Twain,   originally published in book form in 1896. The novel is a satirical comedy   that looks at 6th-Century England and its medieval culture through the eyes   of Hank Morgan, a 19th-century resident of Hartford, Connecticut, who, after   a blow to the head, awakens to find himself inexplicably transported back in   time to early medieval England at the time of the legendary King Arthur.   
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, published in 1896, is the remarkable   story of the saint's life as told by the fictional Sieur Louis de Conté,   Joan's page and secretary, in the form of a memoir written in the twilight of   life. The character has had the privilege of growing up with Joan of Arc,   accompanying her during the excitement and pageantry of her military   campaigns, and being present at each of her three trials. 
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 - 1910), better known by his pen name Mark   Twain, was an American author and humorist. He wrote The Adventures of Tom   Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), the   latter often called "the Great American Novel."

The Prince and the Pauper + A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur´s Court + Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc

L'auteur des aventures de Tom Sawyer et d'Huckleberry Finn a aussi laissé quantité de nouvelles ou d'essais, généralement très drôle.

Celui-ci est sérieux.

De ce livre, Mark Twain aurait écrit, dans son testament, qu'il ne serait « à ne montrer à personne avant 2406 ».

De la religion

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer revolves around the youthful adventures of the novel's schoolboy protagonist, Thomas Sawyer, whose reputation precedes him for causing mischief and strife. Tom lives with his Aunt Polly, half-brother Sid, and cousin Mary in the quaint town of St. Petersburg, just off the shore of the Mississippi River. St. Petersburg is described as a typical small-town atmosphere where the Christian faith is predominant, the social network is close-knit, and familiarity resides.  Unlike his brother Sid, Tom receives "lickings" from his Aunt Polly; ever the mischief-maker, would rather play hooky than attend school and often sneaks out his bedroom window at night to adventure with his friend, Huckleberry Finn ­ the town's social outcast. Tom, despite his dread of schooling, is extremely clever and would normally get away with his pranks if Sid were not such a "tattle-tale."  As punishment for skipping school to go swimming, Aunt Polly assigns Tom the chore of whitewashing the fence surrounding the house. In a brilliant scheme, Tom is able to con the neighborhood boys into completing the chore for him, managing to convince them of the joys of whitewashing. At school, Tom is equally as flamboyant, and attracts attention by chasing other boys, yelling, and running around. With his usual antics, Tom attempts to catch the eye of Becky Thatcher, a new girl in town, and persuades her to get "engaged" by kissing him. But their romance collapses when she learns Tom has been "engaged" previously to Amy Lawrence. Shortly after Becky shuns him, he accompanies Huckleberry Finn to the graveyard at night, where they witness the murder of Dr. Robinson.Excerpt:"TOM!" No answer. "TOM!" No answer. "What's gone with that boy,  I wonder? You TOM!" No answer. The old lady pulled her spectacles down and looked over them about the room; then she put them up and looked out under them. She seldom or never looked through them for so small a thing as a boy; they were her state pair, the pride of her heart, and were built for "style," not service—she could have seen through a pair of stove-lids just as well. She looked perplexed for a moment, and then said, not fiercely, but still loud enough for the furniture to hear: "Well, I lay if I get hold of you I'll—" She did not finish, for by this time she was bending down and punching under the bed with the broom, and so she needed breath to punctuate the punches with. She resurrected nothing but the cat. "I never did see the beat of that boy!"

Les Aventures de Tom Sawyer

The novel represents Twain's first attempt at historical fiction. Set in 1547, it tells the story of two young boys who are identical in appearance: Tom Canty, a pauper who lives with his abusive father in Offal Court off Pudding Lane in London, and Prince Edward, son of King Henry VIII.

The Prince and the Pauper

Huckleberry, Huck pour les amis, est un jeune vagabond livré à lui-même, son père, alcoolique et violent, ne faisant que de brèves apparitions dans sa vie. Au début de l'histoire, on le retrouve adopté par une veuve riche et charitable, qui tâche de faire de lui un gentleman. Un véritable défi pour qui connaît Huckleberry. Pourtant, le sauvageon se civilise, apprend à lire... mais son père réapparaît, et Huck prend la fuite, en compagnie d'un esclave noir. C'est le début d'une série d'aventures au fil des eaux tumultueuses du Mississippi, au cours desquelles on rencontrera une foule de personnages pittoresques, et bien sûr l'ami Tom Sawyer...Extrait :L’ami de Tom, c’est moi, Huckleberry Finn. Si vous n’avez pas lu les Aventures de Tom Sawyer, vous ne me connaissez pas. Cela ne fait rien : nous aurons vite lié connaissance. M. Mark Twain vous a raconté l’histoire de Tom, et il y a mis un peu du sien, même en parlant de moi. Cela ne fait rien non plus, puisqu’on m’assure qu’il n’a ennuyé personne. La tante Polly, Mary Sawyer et la veuve Douglas ne disaient jamais que la vérité, et elles n’étaient pas toujours amusantes.Je parle de la tante de Tom, de sa cousine, et de la veuve qui m’avait adopté...

Les Aventures de Huckleberry Finn

À Londres, le Prince de Galles, fils du Roi Henri VIII, rêve de liberté : comme ce doit être gai de pouvoir courir dans les rues et se battre avec les autres garçons ! Dans la même ville, Tom Canty, un garçon de famille pauvre, ne rêve que d'échapper à la misère... Quand, par la main du destin, ces deux garçons se croisent, ils ont une idée de génie : et si on changeait de place ? 



Mark Twain est le nom de plume de Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), écrivain, essayiste et humoriste américain. Il devient imprimeur suite au décés de son père puis exerce le métier de journaliste, qui le mène à voyager en Europe en tant que correspondant de presse. Son enfance au Missouri a grandement influencé ses oeuvres, considérées comme des classiques de la littérature de jeunesse. Ses histoires ont été adaptées aux plusieurs médias, notamment le film « Les Aventures de Huckleberry Finn » (1994), avec Elijah Wood, et l'animation Disney « Le Prince et le Pauvre » (1990).

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