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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.

Tudor Edward és Tom Canty külsőre egyformák, de igen különböző életet élnek. Edward Anglia trónjának várományosa, Tom apja azonban koldus és tolvaj. Amikor a két fiú egy napon véletlenül találkozik, úgy döntenek, hogy ruhát cserélnek, és kipróbálják, hogyan él a másik... Ez a merész hőstettekben bővelkedő, izgalmas és megrendítő történet arra készteti az olvasókat, hogy képesek legyenek más szemszögből szemlélni az őket körülvevő világot. A Klasszikusok könnyedén sorozat lehetővé teszi az ifjú olvasók számára, hogy már gyerekkorukban megtapasztalják az időtlen történetek varázsát. A könnyebb érthetőség kedvéért lerövidített és nagy gonddal átírt klasszikus regényekben ugyanazokat a fordulatokat és izgalmakat élhetik át, amelyek az eredeti történeteket közkedveltté tették.

Tom Sawyer legjobb barátját, Huckleberry Finnt özvegy Douglasné örökbe fogadja, és megpróbálja "civilizálni", ami Huck barátunknak nincs ínyére, kutyául érzi magát mindig tiszta ruhában és a szépen megterített asztalnál. Szerencsére jókor érkezik Tom, akivel "rablóbandát" alapítanak...

The Macmillan Readers series are carefully graded from Starter to Upper Intermediate (A1-B2) to help students choose the right reading material for their ability.

Mark Twain's great American masterpiece, in a gorgeous new clothbound edition designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. These delectable and collectible Penguin editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design Mark Twain's tale of a boy's picaresque journey down the Mississippi on a raft conveyed the voice and experience of the American frontier as no other work had done before. When Huck escapes from his drunken father and the 'sivilizing' Widow Douglas with the runaway slave Jim, he embarks on a series of adventures that draw him to feuding families and the trickery of the unscrupulous 'Duke' and 'Dauphin'. Beneath the exploits, however, are more serious undercurrents - of slavery, adult control and, above all, of Huck's struggle between his instinctive goodness and the corrupt values of society, which threaten his deep and enduring friendship with Jim. Mark Twain was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens on 30th November 1835, in Florida, Missouri. In 1853 he left home, earning a living as an itinerant type-setter, and four years later became an apprentice pilot on the Mississippi, a career cut short by the outbreak of the Civil War. For five years, as a prospector and a journalist, Clemens lived in Nevada and California. In February 1863 he first used the pseudonym 'Mark Twain' as the signature to a humorous travel letter. A trip to Europe and the Holy Land in 1867 became the basis of his first major book, The Innocents Abroad (1869). His numerous subsequent books include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876), A Tramp Aborad (1880), The Prince and the Pauper (1882), and his masterpiece, The Adventures of Huckleberry Fin (1885). Twain died on 21st April 1910. "The best book we've had". (Ernest Hemingway).

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Now he found out a new thing - namely, that to promise not to do a thing is the surest way in the world to make a body want to go and do that very thing.' An idyllic snapshot of a boy's childhood along the banks of the Mississippi River, Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is the author's work that comes closest to his boyhood experiences of growing up in Hannibal in the 1840s. Mischievous and full of energy, Tom enjoys childish pranks and pastimes with his friends, Huck Finn, the town outcast and Joe Harper, his best friend. However, at the town graveyard, Huck and Tom witness a murder, carried out by local vagabond Injun Joe. They vow never to tell a soul about what they have seen and so begins their journey into adulthood as Tom wrestles with his own morality, guilt and anxiety. A 'coming of age' tale, it is through Tom's adventures and relationships with others that he becomes more responsible and more aware of his own inner conflict. Through the central characters of Tom and Huck, Twain satirises the moral rigidity of society and adult hypocrisy, whilst at the same time giving a nostalgic portrayal of a young boy's journey into adulthood.

Classic / American English Mark Twain is one of America's most famous and best-loved writers. He wrote about every important subject of his time. Twain's stories are usually amusing but with a serious message too. You will read about people's hopes and fears, happiness and terrible sadness-and wonderful practical jokes! This Pack contains a Book and MP3

This series provides a wide variety of enjoyable reading material for all learners of English. Macmillan Readers are retold versions of popular classic and contemporary titles as well as specially written stories, published at six levels - Starter, Beginner, Elementary, Pre-intermediate, Intermediate and Upper. One of the most popular and respected series of simplified readers for English learners, with stories from contemporary and classic authors. Adapted from Mark Twain's classic story of what happens when two boys - Edward Tudor, a prince and the future King of England, and the poor son of thief - swap lives. This version comes with the CD.

Mark Twain's tale of a boy's picaresque journey down the Mississippi on a raft conveyed the voice and experience of the American frontier as no other work had done before. When Huck escapes from his drunken father and the 'sivilizing' Widow Douglas with the runaway slave Jim, he embarks on a series of adventures that draw him to feuding families and the trickery of the unscrupulous 'Duke' and 'Dauphin'. Beneath the exploits, however, are more serious undercurrents - of slavery, adult control and, above all, of Huck's struggle between his instinctive goodness and the corrupt values of society, which threaten his deep and enduring friendship with Jim.

This is a sumptuous leatherbound version of the original 1876 edition. This beautiful edition features a ribbon marker and decorated endpapers. Most of the adventures recorded in this book really occurred; one or two were experiences of my own, the rest of those boys who were schoolmates of mine', Mark Twain wrote in the preface to the original 1876 edition. Inspired by his upbringing in a small township on the Mississippi and written 'to remind adults of what they once were themselves, and of how they felt and thought and talked, and what queer enterprises they sometimes engaged in', Twain's hymn to childhood and the great outdoors remains a classic account of boys on the loose in frontier-era America. This edition would be an attractive addition to any home library.

Meet Tom Sawyer, a boy with a good heart who’s always in trouble with everyone: at home, in school and in church. With his best friends, Joe, Ben and Huckleberry, Tom lives an exciting outdoor life. But he begins to grow up when pretty Becky Thatcher comes to town, and when something terrible happens in this quiet town near the Mississippi. Audio nahrávku si teraz môžete vypočuť pomocou voľne dostupnej aplikácie. Viac informácií nájdete na zadnej strane publikácie.

The popular adventure by Mark Twain retold for English language learners. In Tudor England, a young beggar boy passes the golden gates of Westminster Palace and by chance, meets the prince. It's a moment that will change their lives forever. Comes with a CD, which contains full readings of the text by native speakers in both British English and American English.

On the banks of the Mississippi, Tom Sawyer and his friends seek out adventure at every turn. Then one fateful night they witness a murder. The boys swear never to reveal the secret and run away to be pirates and search for hidden treasure. But when Tom gets trapped in a cave with the murderer, can he escape unharmed? Richard Peck is an American novelist known for his young adult books. He was awarded American's highly prestigious Newbery Medal in 2001 for his novel "A Year Down Yonder".

Jak jen ten osud může být zvláštní - stejného dne se narodil v chudinské londýnské čtvrti Tom Canty a na královském dvoře dědic trůnu princ Edward. Tom vyrůstal ve velmi nuzných podmínkách, Edward byl obklopen nádherou a bohatstvím panovnického paláce. Jednoho dne se chlapci díky souhře mnoha náhod potkají a rozhodnou si jen tak pro zábavu na chvíli vyměnit šaty. Nevinná hra má ale nedozírné důsledky... Princ a chuďas je velmi přesvědčivě napsaný fiktivní historický příběh určený pro čtenáře všech věkových kategorií. Čtivost knihy dokazuje mimo jiné i to, že se dočkala mnoha desítek filmových, televizních i komiksových zpracování.

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Mark Twain (30. 11. 1835 Florida, Missouri – 21. 4. 1910 Redding, Connecticut) je znám především svými humorně-dobrodružnými příběhy o Tomu Sawyerovi a Huckleberrym Finnovi. Mark Twain je znám jako autor, jemuž satira a jízlivost byla bytostně vlastní, byl ovšem i autorem děl, v nich vrchu nabývá pesimistický a pochmurný pohled na vývoj lidstva. Jedním z takových je povídka Tajemný cizinec, na níž autor pracoval 20 let (1890 – 1910). Tiskem vyšla až po jeho smrti, v roce 1916, v úpravě Twainova životopisce Alberta Bigelowa Painea, který spojil několik Twainových verzí. Ačkoliv jsou Paineovy zásahy mnohdy kritizovány, přesto se před námi odvíjí poutavý příběh, jenž odhaluje věčnou malost, zaslepenost, stádnost, manipulovatelnost a mravní pokleslost lidí. Děj je zasazen do středověké rakouské vesnice v roce 1590 a hlavní postavou je Satanův synovec Filip Traum, skeptický glosátor veškerého lidského hemžení, který svým třem chlapeckým přátelům odhaluje zrůdnost tzv. mravních principů, na nichž lidská (především křesťanská) společnost stojí. Nijak tedy nepřekvapí, že se Traumovo občasné konání dobra (prosté jakékoliv špetky účasti s lidským osudem) jen málokdy setká s pochopením – a už vůbec ne s vděkem – okolí.