The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain Library)
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163 b/w illustrations This is Mark Twain's first novel about Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer, and it has become one of the world's best-loved books. It is a fond reminiscence of life in Hannibal, Missouri, an evocation of Mark Twain's own boyhood along the banks of the Mississippi during the 1840s. "Most of the adventures recorded in this book really occurred," he tells us. This is a book one never forgets: Tom whitewashing Aunt Polly's fence, Tom and Huck's dreadful oath, their cure for warts ("spunk water" and dead cats), Tom's puppy love for Becky Thatcher, the boys playing "pirate" on Jackson's Island. This Mark Twain Library text is the only edition since the first (1876) to be based directly on the author's manuscript and to include all of the "200 rattling pictures" Mark Twain commissioned from one of his favorite illustrators, True W. Williams.
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- ISBN13: 9780520235755
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Item number (ASIN): 0520235754
Author: Mark Twain
Dewey Decimal Number: 810
Edition: 2
ISBN: 0520235754
Manufacturer: University of California Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Package Dimensions: 100 x 540 x 840 (hundredths-inches)
Publication Date: April 30, 2002
Publisher: University of California Press
Binding: Paperback
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- Be Young AgainWhat a pleasure to be reintroduced to a childhood classic which contains insights for all of us. Twain really should be read every five years. Since his stories are always refreshing and illuminating one can enjoy them at any age. Some schools foolishinly no longer require this book so it is a great gift for youngsters. This new version is a pleasure to hold. Enhanced by an attaractive cover, good paper and good print throughout one hates to put it down.
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- Timeless Classic That Is Still A Page-Turner!If you have never read the adventures of Tom Sawyer, you absolutely must grab up this reprint! The new cover is adorable, and the stories inside are the same classics that have thrilled us for years as readers. For those of you who have never read the book, you will find that it is not hard to instantly become a fan of Tom Sawyer. For thos of us who have read the book before, after just a few pages you will remember why you loved it so much in the first place. Also, this book makes for a wonderful gift for someone in your family from the generations since this classic has been published, since they are often being denied this incredible story by not having it as a requirement in their schools (as it was in mine). You will all enjoy this edition! Todd Hagopian President/CEO Hagopian Institute Author of the popular "Quote Junkie" series, and the newly-published "Idiom Junkie" series
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- A Tepid Tom SawyerMy father had bought a copy of _The Adventures of Tom Sawyer_ for me when I was boy. At the time I had read only one or two chapters. I am sure had I read the complete novel then I would have loved it. My main problem with the book is that as an adult I cannot savor Tom's adventures nearly as much as I could have when I was a child. Tom Sawyer is a very bright and mischievous lad. He often causes his poor Aunt Polly much grief, even though Tom never tries to upset her out of spite. Tom is a boy, after all, and is not much different from many boys then or today. _The Adventures of Tom Sawyer_ is written by Mark Twain particularly with adolescent boys foreseen as the book's major readership, many of whom would probably identify with Tom. Dressing up and pretending to be a pirate, or a reknowned robber such as Robin Hood is the stuff of adolescent dreams. The writing is, of course, very good and Tom, and his friends, especially Huck, are picaresque and quite likable. Young Becky Thatcher, Tom's would be girlfriend, is as sweet and as exasperating as an adolescent girl could or would be. Becky cannot decide when to scorn Tom or when to turn him into a hero. Tom can occasionally perform heroic deeds. The famous scenes are all there: Tom getting his friends and his goody-goody half-brother Sid, to whitewash the fence so that Tom could shirk his responsibilities, the Becky and Tom segment in the caves with the nefarious Injin Joe, and Tom and Huck, both presumed dead, blithely walking into the church to attend their own funerals. All in all, _Tom Sawyer," while often fun, never achieves the complexity nor greatness of Mark Twain's classic, _The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."
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- Fantastic Read!!!!It reminds us of what it was like to be a kid, adventuresome and mischievious. If you are looking for a fun adventure filled with mischievous characters, you will find it here. It is also filled with lighthearted laughter and suspense. It is a timeless classic which will keep you turning pages until you reach the end. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a fascinating, and adventurous book, I recommend this book for people who like reading about adventures. Tom Sawyer is an exciting book that takes place in the 1830's. This classic, written by Mark Twain, portrays a boy who could talk people into doing just about anything. The reader is also swept away by the many adventures of Tom and his friends. Many of their adventures are a part of imagination, pretending to be pirates or Robin Hood. Tom stands for the freedom that the American frontier offered to everyone. His aunt Polly represents the civilizing influence of adults and towns. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea A Journey to the Centre of the Earth Dick Sands the Boy Captain An Antarctic Mystery Around The World in Eighty Days
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- Fun adventureIf you are looking for a fun adventure filled with mischievous characters, you will find it here. It is also filled with lighthearted laughter and suspense. It is a timeless classic which will keep you turning pages until you reach the end. The reader is also swept away by the many adventures of Tom and his friends. Many of their adventures are a part of imagination, pretending to be pirates or Robin Hood. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a fascinating, and adventurous book, I recommend this book for people who like reading about adventures. It reminds us of what it was like to be a kid, adventuresome and mischievious. I thought the best aspect of this book was that it showed, in a very interesting way, the creative enterprise that is so common to all those who still of the "childish" behavoir. Around The World in Eighty Days Dick Sands the Boy Captain Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon The Adventures of a Special Correspondent The Blockade Runners Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea
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