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Title: A great novel from America
Review: "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" is considered by many to be the great American novel.Samuel Clemens was a shrewd, humorous, and cynical author. That is what I like about him.I will not go into the literary qualities of this piece. It has been handled before. This review is about this edition 9780679448891 Random House l996, First Edition.This publication attempts to be "The only comprehensive edition," including, of course, the raft chapter and using extant manuscripts to publish the work as close to the author's final vision as possible.The introduction and addendum are informative and photos of some of the original manuscript pages are insightful, leaving me to wonder how the typesetters ever completed their work.Best of all, this book has a good feel to it. Unlike a paperback or a screen, this edition feels right in my hands and is a joy to read. I even like the illustrations.
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