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Sin perder un ápice de su habitual ingenio y su encanto particular, Mark Twain nos presenta en este breve relato cómico los avatares y problemas que generan la vida en pareja y la convivencia, no siempre fácil, aunque sea en el Paraíso. A través de los relatos paralelos de los padres de la humanidad, y con un texto que combina en igual medida diversión y profundidad, primero Adán y luego Eva nos hacen partícipes de unas cuitas que, a decir verdad, no son muy distintas de las de cualquier relación de nuestro tiempo. Un clásico de culto donde el ingenio y el humor, salpicados de momentos de profunda melancolía, alcanzan cotas de ironía y mordacidad insospechadas.
Con Las aventuras de Huckleberry Finn, Marck Twain (1835-1910), seudónimo con que Samuel Langhorne Clemens publicó sus obras, alcanzó su mayor logro literario. En ella, Jim, un esclavo negro que ha huido ante el temor de ser vendido, inicia junto a Huck Finn, también escapado de la civilización que representa la viuda Douglas, el camino hacia la libertad. Los dos prófugos, uno real, Jim, otro espiritual, Huck, navegan por el río rumbo a San Luis donde Jim será un hombre libre. La fuga de Huck, en lo que a priori pudiéramos entender como otra travesura más, sin mayor importancia, se transforma en un asunto, el de la esclavitud, cuyas implicaciones sociales derivaron en una guerra. En Las aventuras de Huckleberry Finn encontramos componentes y recursos narrativos que Twain ya había utilizado en sus obras anteriores, como la sensibilidad, la ternura, la fantasía, el realismo, la sátira o la superstición; sin embargo, es en ésta donde por primera vez concede voz propia a un niño, recreando la ilusión de que lo que leemos es la historia de Huck, no la de Twain. Pero, por encima de ello, el gran descubrimiento de Twain es el de haber dotado a la narración humorística de un componente moral como pocos autores lo habían logrado anteriormente, de ahí que esté considerada, por una buena parte de los lectores y la crítica, como la obra cumbre de la literatura norteamericana del siglo XIX.
Ideal for elementary or pre-intermediate learners of English looking to improve and practise their English. The book is filled with useful vocabulary that is carefully graded and easy to understand, it also comes with audio, so that you can listen to the story at the same time as reading.Who wants to live in a house, wear clean clothes, be good, and go to school every day? Not young Huckleberry Finn, that¿s for sure.So Huck runs away, and is soon floating down the great Mississippi River on a raft. With him is Jim, a black slave who is also running away.But life is not always easy for the two friends.And there¿s 300 dollars waiting for anyone who catches poor Jim . . .
Ideal for elementary learners of English looking to improve or practise their English. The book is filled with useful vocabulary that is carefully graded and easy to understand, it also comes with audio, so that you can listen to the story at the same time as reading. Tom Sawyer does not like school. He does not like work, and he never wants to get out of bed in the morning. But he likes swimming and fishing, and having adventures with his friends. And he has a lot of adventures. One night, he and his friend Huck Finn go to the graveyard to look for ghosts. They don't see any ghosts that night. They see something worse than a ghost - much, much worse ...
Two babies are born on the same day in England. One boy is a prince and the other boy is from a very poor family. Ten years later, they change places for a game. But then the old king dies and they cannot change back. Will the poor boy be the new King of England?
It was midnight. Tom and his friend Huck Finn were hiding in a dark graveyard, near the grave of the wicked Horse Williams. They were waiting to see if devils would come to take his body away. It was awfully quiet. Suddenly Tom pulled Huck's arm. He had heard voices, and through the trees they saw a light. Someone was coming towards them ... The three men were not devils, but what Tom and Huck saw that night filled them with horror, and led to many more adventures. These, plus running away from home; camping out as pirates on an island in the Mississippi; going to their own funeral; looking for treasure; and getting lost in a deep, dark cave, are all part of the exciting and amusing story of Tom Sawyer and his friends.
Hank Morgan is a happy young man in Connecticut, USA, in 1879 until one day someone runs into his office and shouts, 'Come quickly, Boss! Two men are fighting.' After this, something very strange happens to him, and his life changes forever.