I too use MTL for all the same reasons.

BUT I have a question:  Do any of you know of an edition that contains all (even some) of the illustrations that is less expensive than the MTL?  My college has adopted the book as its common reading for the incoming class, fall 2010, as a way of recognizing the Centennial.

Please let me know if you have suggestions.

Thanks,

Ben


On 9/3/09 9:53 AM, "Judith Yaross Lee" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

I also use the MTL edition.  My students LOVE the illustrations, which open
them up to the humor of the text (their high school teachers treat it SO
solemnly), and they find the maps and other geographical and historical
info in the back very helpful as well.


--On September 2, 2009 4:28:47 PM -0500 Larry Howe <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> I use the Mark Twain Library edition.  Its affordable, reliable,
> includes the original illustrations, and it supports the Mark Twain
> Papers project.
>
> --Larry Howe
> On Sep 2, 2009, at 4:11 PM, Harold Bush wrote:
>
>> just out of curiosity -- which edition of Huck Finn do teachers on
>> here
>> prefer to use in the classroom?
>> I used to use the old Bedford critical edition edited by G. Graff
>> but I see
>> it is now evidently out of print.  It may be that the Penguin classics
>> edition (Seelye) is also either out of print or about to be replaced.
>>
>> --
>> Harold K. Bush, Ph.D
>> Professor of English
>> Saint Louis University
>> St. Louis, MO  63108
>> 314-977-3616 (w); 314-771-6795 (h)
>> <www.slu.edu/colleges/AS/ENG/faculty/hbush.html>



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School of Communication Studies
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--
Ben Click
Professor of English
Director, Mark Twain Lecture Series on
American Humor and Culture
St. Mary's College of Maryland
240-895-4253