Adventures of Tom Sawyer

English

ISBN: 0143039563

EAN: 9780143039563

Category: Juvenile Fiction / Classics/Juvenile Fiction / Boys & Men/Juvenile Fiction / People & Places / United States / General/Juvenile Fiction / General/

Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated

Release Date: 02/28/2006

Age Range: 18-UP

Synopsis: Mark Twains hymn to the secure and fantastic world of boyhood and adventure 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 sombre undercurrent flows through the high humour 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. In his introduction, noted Twain scholar John Seelye considers Twains impact on American letters and discusses the balance between humorous escapades and serious concern that is found in much of Twains writing. bull; This new edition includes a new text and, for the first time, explanatory notes.

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Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Illustrated: No

Format: UK-B Format Paperback

Height: 0.51 inches

Width: 5.12 inches

Length: 7.84 inches

Weight: 6.42 oz

Pages: 272