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The Oxford Mark Twain is a major literary event. In addition to gathering together a superb collection of Twain's works, editor Shelley Fisher Fishkin has commissioned some of our most eminent living writers to introduce each volume with their personal insights and experiences of Twain. Each volume concludes with an interpretive essay by a leading Mark Twain scholar that sets the book in its historical and biographical contexts.

The Oxford Mark Twain is a facsimile of the first American editions of Twain's work, and includes all the original illustrations, many of which have not been seen since these editions went out of print. Captivating in themselves, these illustrations add an extra dimension to the narratives that has been missing for a hundred years. Each volume also includes, as its frontispiece, a specially selected photo of Twain around the age he was when he wrote the book at hand.

Colorful, irreverent, romantic, skeptical, a master of comic asides, a bittersweet humorist, and an unflinching critic of human pretensions, Mark Twain speaks to us across time with verve and wisdom. These eight volumes will be treasured by all lovers of literature.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Introduction by TONI MORRISON

Afterword by Victor A. Doyno

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Introduction by E.L. DOCTOROW

Afterword by Albert E. Stone

Pudd'nhead Wilson

Introduction by SHERLEY ANNE WILLIAMS

Afterword by David Lionel Smith

Roughing It

Introduction by GEORGE PLIMPTON

Afterword by Henry B. Wonham

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Introduction by KURT VONNEGUT

Afterword by Louis J. Budd

Life on the Mississippi

Introduction by WILLIE MORRIS

Afterword by Lawrence Howe

A Tramp Abroad

Introduction by RUSSELL BANKS

Afterword by James S. Leonard

Innocents Abroad

Introduction by MORDECAI RICHLER

Afterword by David E. E. Sloane

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ISBN13: 978-0-19-515979-0ISBN10: 0-19-515979-9