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Though TOM SAWYER, Twain's "other" coming-of-age tale, has much in common with HUCKLEBERRY FINN, including some of the characters, its hero is not the maverick iconoclast that...Read more
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great classic book for children of all ages!
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In this classic, Mark Twain (alias Samuel Clemens) brings us his life growing up in the Mississippi area through the eyes of his fictional and much beloved mischief maker Tom ...Read more
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain (1991, Paperback)
Author: Mark TwainPublisher: Longman Trade/Caroline HouseLanguage: English
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Though TOM SAWYER, Twain's "other" coming-of-age tale, has much in common with HUCKLEBERRY FINN, including some of the characters, its hero is not the maverick iconoclast that Huck Finn is. As Twain traces the comic adventures of the inventive young Tom, he effectively and lovingly recreates the pastoral world of his own Hannibal, Missouri, childhood, including a portrait of his brother Henry (who died young in a shipboard explosion) as Tom's younger brother, Sid. Because Tom Sawyer's comic battles with prim conformity are always innocent and uncontroversial, the novel is not a ground-breaking masterpiece like HUCKEBERRY FINN. It is essentially a book for young readers--and a great one.
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Recounts the adventures and pranks of a mischievous boy growing up in a Mississippi River town in the early nineteenth century
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"The story is a wonderful study of the boy-mind, which inhabits a world quite distinct from that in which he is bodily present with his elders, and in this lies its great charm and its universality, for boy-nature, however human nature varies, is the same everywhere."
Atlantic Monthly - William Dean Howells (05/01/1876)
Though TOM SAWYER, Twain's "other" coming-of-age tale, has much in common with HUCKLEBERRY FINN, including some of the characters, its hero is not the maverick iconoclast that Huck Finn is. As Twain traces the comic adventures of the inventive young Tom, he effectively and lovingly recreates the pastoral world of his own Hannibal, Missouri, childhood, including a portrait of his brother Henry (who died young in a shipboard explosion) as Tom's younger brother, Sid. Because Tom Sawyer's comic battles with prim conformity are always innocent and uncontroversial, the novel is not a ground-breaking masterpiece like HUCKEBERRY FINN. It is essentially a book for young readers--and a great one.
| Key Details | |
| Author: | Mark Twain |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | Longman Trade/Caroline House |
| Series: | Longman Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| ISBN-10: | 0582035880 |
| ISBN-13: | 9780582035881 |
| Size | |
| Thickness: | 0.2 in |
| Weight: | 3.2 oz |
Publisher's Note
Recounts the adventures and pranks of a mischievous boy growing up in a Mississippi River town in the early nineteenth century
Industry Reviews
Atlantic Monthly - William Dean Howells (05/01/1876)
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great classic book for children of all ages!
Created: 30/12/10
) In this classic, Mark Twain (alias Samuel Clemens) brings us his life growing up in the Mississippi area through the eyes of his fictional and much beloved mischief maker Tom Sawyer and his sidekick Huck Finn.
If you loved this book as a kid, rest assured while there are no witches, goblins, vampires and magic in this book, your kids will love it too. It's entertaining reading, and I am sure your kids will see part of themselves in these characters. A true piece of Americana of a time and a place that is no more. I loved it, hope you and/or others will too!
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If you loved this book as a kid, rest assured while there are no witches, goblins, vampires and magic in this book, your kids will love it too. It's entertaining reading, and I am sure your kids will see part of themselves in these characters. A true piece of Americana of a time and a place that is no more. I loved it, hope you and/or others will too!
PLEASE! Don't forget to vote on this guide and on others that you read,it really helps get the word out and thanks!
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