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THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN
₹250.00Huckleberry Finn, or simply Huck, is the teenage son of a drunken and brutal father of lowly origin, who has no honest means of earning. He escapes from the tyranny of his father. On the way, he comes across Jim, a runaway slave. They flee down the river Mississippi on a raft, making many acquaintances and going through many adventures. As they go along, they witness racial prejudices and moral decay afflicting the American society.
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THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER
₹250.00Tom Sawyer is a teenage boy who lives with his aunt Polly. He has a very unconventional friend in Huckleberry Finn, a socially outcast and the son of a drunken and brutal father with no honest means of income. The two friends go through a series of adventures. One day, they happen to be the witness to a murder. In the court, they establish the innocence of the man falsely accused of the murder. As a result, they incur the wrath of Injun Joe, the real murderer. However, Joe dies, and the two friends find the treasure that he hid in a cave.
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THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER
₹225.00Prince Edward is the crown prince of England. Tom Canty is a boy from a destitute family in the slums of London. They are of the same age and look exactly alike. One day, they happen to meet each other. The prince, desiring to experience the free life outside the Royal Palace, changes clothes with Canty. Thereupon follows a series of extraordinary events where Edward learns about the problems of commoners while Tom learns to play the role of a prince and then a king. In The Prince and the Pauper (1881), Mark Twain parodies social norms, concluding that people’s actual worth is often hidden by their outward appearances.
