The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

by Mark Twain (Author)

Synopsis

From the famous episodes of the whitewashed fence and the ordeal in the cave to the trial of Injun Joe, "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" is redolent of life in the Mississippi River towns in which Twain spent his own youth. A somber undercurrent flows through the high humor and unabashed nostalgia of the novel, however, for beneath the innocence of childhood lie the inequities of adult reality - base emotions and superstitions, murder and revenge, starvation and slavery.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
Edition: 1st Penguin Popular Classic Edition
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: 25 Jan 2007

ISBN 10: 0140620524
ISBN 13: 9780140620528

Author Bio
Mark Twain is the pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910). He was born in Missouri, USA. He travelled around America, seeking fame and fortune before returning to become a steam-boat pilot on the Mississippi River, where he had grown up. Later he became a successful journalist and travel writer. In 1876 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, inspired by his own childhood, was published, followed eight years later by The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.