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La storia di due amici, Huck Finn e Jim, che cercano la libertà, nell'America dell'800, in lingua inglese! Una collana di Classici della letteratura in lingua originale, per giovani desiderosi di imparare una nuova lingua, in forma ridotta per renderli più facili. Pubblicati come audiolibri per permettere di apprendere in modo ancora più semplice la pronuncia delle parole.

Le mirabolanti avventure di Tom, un simpatico combinaguai, in lingua inglese! Una collana di Classici della letteratura in lingua originale, per giovani desiderosi di imparare una nuova lingua, in forma ridotta per renderli più facili. Pubblicati come audiolibri per permettere di apprendere in modo ancora più semplice la pronuncia delle parole.

La banconota da un milione di sterline è un racconto dell'autore americano Mark Twain. La storia è ambientata nella Londra vittoriana, dove due ricchissimi, eccentrici fratelli Oliver e Roderick Montpellier, danno allo squattrinato protagonista della storia, Henry Adams, un milione di sterline nella forma di un'unica, singolare banconota da un milione di sterline. Henry non avrebbe potuto facilmente cambiare quella banconota in banca senza essere interrogato su come ne era venuto in possesso, incriminato per furto e arrestato.

Un ragazzo fantasioso, intelligente e malizioso di nome Tom Sawyer e il suo amico Huckleberry Finn assistono a un omicidio in un cimitero e Tom è costretto a testimoniare contro l'assassino, Joe L'Indiano. Joe L'Indiano fugge e quando Tom e Becky Thatcher, la ragazzina di cui è infatuato, si ritrovano imprigionati con lui in una grotta buia la loro speranza di fuga diminuisce... "Le avventure di Tom Sawyer" è una storia di formazione molto conosciuta e popolare riguardante la gioventù americana.

Told in the unmistakable voice of America’s immortal storyteller, this chronicle of a vanishing past is a tale of two journeys. The first is that of Samuel Clemens, young antebellum-era steamboat pilot who navigates wide-eyed passengers on the Mississippi. And the second tells of a reflective Mark Twain. He’d return, years later, to observe the inevitable and dismaying post-Civil War developments along the currents of the ever-changing Great River.

The best selling of any of Twains’s works during his lifetime. A masterpiece of American literature. The adventures of a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River. The preamble to Twain’s most famous work, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

After Hank Morgan of Hartford, Connecticut, takes a blow to the head, he inexplicably awakens in sixth-century Camelot. At first lost and confused, the time traveler soon realizes that he can use modern knowledge and his ability to foretell the future to his advantage. Consequently, he is granted a place in the king’s court as Arthur’s right-hand man. When the Catholic Church grows fearful of his power, the Connecticut Yankee aims higher and concocts a grandiose plan to bring American ideals to sixth-century England to change the future.

Familiarize-se com os mais importantes escritos americanos, através de uma cuidadosa selecção de 300 citações, introduzindo as suas principais ideias e delineando com clareza a estrutura do seu trabalho. Descubra novos aspectos ou aprofunde-se nos pensamentos de Mark Twain, Henry-David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, para expandir a sua mente e conhecimento sobre a nossa cultura.

Mark Twain é um dos escritores mais espirituosos e prolíficos de todos os tempos. É conhecido principalmente por "As Aventuras de Tom Sawyer" e a sua sequela, "As Aventuras de Huckleberry Finn", que é muitas vezes chamado o Grande Romance Americano. Ele foi elogiado como "o maior humorista que este país produziu" e William Faulkner chamou-lhe "o pai da literatura americana".

Das Leben ist leicht - solange man auf einer Flussinsel liegt, Fische grillt, Pfeife raucht und sich Geschichten erzählt. Aber lange können Huckleberry Finn und der geflohene Sklave Jim ihre Freiheit nicht genießen, denn allerhand Abenteuer warten auf die beiden. So müssen sie z. B. den zwei Hochstaplern "Herzog" und "König" das betrügerische Handwerk legen, Tom Sawyer in den Griff kriegen - der mal wieder vor verrückten Ideen übersprudelt - und Tante Sally und Onkel Silas in Sicherheit wiegen.

During a chance encounter, two nearly identical boys, one a poor beggar and the other a prince, decide to exchange places. The pauper, now living in the royal palace, is constantly filled with the dread of being discovered for who and what he really is; while the Prince, dressed in rags, lives on the street enduring hardships he never thought possible. Both children soon discover that neither life is as carefree as they expected.

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is an American classic, a book that has inspired troves of writers in its wake, and that has sparked generations of discussion and debate. It is noted for its depiction of people and locations along the Mississippi River. One of the first major American novels to employ vernacular English, Adventure of Huckleberry Finn offers a satire on Southern Antebelleum society, particularly regarding attitudes of racism. Told in the first person by protagonist Huckleberry Finn, the book is a direct sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

Mark Twain is een van de grappigste en meest productieve schrijvers aller tijden. Hij is vooral bekend voor The Adventures of Tom Sawyer en het vervolg, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, die vaak de Great American Novel wordt genoemd. Hij werd geprezen als "de grootste humorist dit land heeft voortgebracht" en William Faulkner noemde hem "de vader van de Amerikaanse literatuur". Twain begon zijn carrière te schrijven licht, humoristische vers, maar hij werd een chroniqueur van de ijdelheden, hypocrisie en moorddadige handelingen van de mensheid.

Deep in the wilderness sits a beautiful rose-clad cabin. It's a delightful stop for a weary traveler, until he learns its secret.

Els records dinfantesa i de joventut serveixen d inspiració a Mark Twain per a escriure Les aventures den Tom Sawyer, ambientades en una petita localitat a la vora del riu Mississipí, com la que va veure créixer lescriptor en els primers anys de la seva vida (Hannibal). En aquella època existia lesclavitud en aquella regió, lestat de Missouri, al sud dels Estats Units.

Mark Twain’s Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World is the account of a lecture tour in which he circumnavigated the globe on a steamship. He undertook a tour of the British Empire in 1895 at age 60 with stops at the Hawaiian Islands, Australia, Fiji Islands, New Zealand, India and South Africa. The result is a wide range of observations, along with perceptive discussions and descriptions of cultures, customs, people, climate, flora and fauna, religion, politics, food, and many other matters.

Tom Cantry is a poor boy who lives with his father in shoddy circumstances. While waiting around the palace gates one day, he meets Edward Tudor, the prince of Wales. As the two men meet and talk with one another, they realize they can use their uncanny similarities to experience a new type of life. They decide to swap places for a day. Of course, the day does not go seamlessly, and both young men end up getting more of an experience than they bargained for.

Feeling a chill amidst the warmth of the season? Sensing a shadow lurking behind the tinsel and lights? Experience the darker visions hidden within our brightest holiday. Come listen to the water ghost's story as she spends Christmas Eve haunting Harrowby Hill.

This collection of short stories contains several gothic tales to bear macabre and chilling witness to writers as diverse as Mark Twain, Robert Louis Stevenson, Jerome K. Jerome and Edgar Allan Poe. These tales are designed to unsettle you, just a little, as they lead you on a walk to places you’d perhaps rather not visit on your own. Our stories are "A Ghost Story" by Mark Twain, "Ollah" by Robert Louis Stevenson, "The Doctor’s Story" by Jerome K. Jerome, and "Murders In The Rue Morgue" by Edgar Allan Poe.

An astonishing collection of fifty of the greatest short stories ever written by some of literature's most highly acclaimed writers. 1. "Odour of Chrysanthemums" by D. H. Lawrence; 2. "Miss Harriet" by Guy de Maupassant; 3. "Twenty-six Men and a Girl" by Maxim Gorky; 4. "Hot Potatoes" by Arnold Bennett; 5. "Rats" by M. R. James; 6. "Zodomirsky’s Duel" by Alexandre Dumas; 7. "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin; 8. "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe; 9. "The Encased Man" by Anton Chekhov.