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  • The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

    Mark Twain, Cambridge World Classics

    language (Cambridge World Classics, Dec. 6, 2010)
    ANNOTATED:* Contains extensive historical materials* Contains additional biographical materialsOVERVIEW:Of all the characters that American literature has ever produced, perhaps none are as memorable as Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. This handsomely produced volume contains Mark Twain's original version of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, a novel has been enjoyed by children for the over 100 hundred years, but which contains enough fascinating and searing social commentary to provide illumination and insights for well into the next century. A true masterpiece of American, and indeed, world literature. SPECIAL KINDLE ENABLED FEATURES:This edition has special Kindle enabled features, including interactive table of contents, text-to-speech capabilities which enable audiobook features, as well as words that can be looked up on the Kindle supplied built in dictionary
  • Daisy Miller

    Henry James, Henry James Jr., Cambridge World Classics

    eBook (Cambridge World Classics, Jan. 11, 2011)
    ANNOTATED:* Contains literary critiques, detailed biographies, and detailed historical contextOVERVIEWAn immediate and widespread popular success upon publication, Daisy Miller continues to be one of Henry James' most popular works, along with The Turn of the Screw and The Portrait of a Lady. Daisy Miller proved to be James' greatest success with the readers of his time. This Special Critical Edition of Daisy Miller (Cambridge World Classics) is the only volume which contains the complete unabridged novel along with three bonus critical and biographical essays which examine, in depth, Henry James' life and literary legacy. Daisy Miller portrays the courtship of a beautiful American girl by a more sophisticated compatriot of hers. His pursuit of Daisy is hampered by her own flirtatiousness, which is frowned upon by the other expatriates they meet in Switzerland and Italy. Her lack of understanding of the social mores of the society she so desperately wishes to enter ultimately leads to tragedy. SPECIAL KINDLE ENABLED FEATURES:This edition contains special Kindle enabled features, including interactive table of contents, text-to-speech capabilities which enable audiobook features, as well as words that can be looked up on the Kindle supplied built in dictionary.The volume also employs PerfectLink (TM) technology which allows Amazon Kindle readers to enjoy not only a fully interactive table of contents, but also the ability to click through to each section in the novel.