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- Published: 26 June 1986
- ISBN: 9780141935041
- Imprint: Penguin eBooks
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 256
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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Mark Twain's entertaining story chronicles the adventures of spritely Tom Sawyer, friend to the notorious Huckleberry Finn.
A boy made for mischief, Tom constantly grieves his Aunt Polly with his cunning tricks to get out of school and to lead an idle life of swimming and larking by the banks of the Mississippi. His scrapes vary from whitewashing a fence to witnessing a murder and from running away to be a pirate to hunting by night for buried treasure - but each episode ends with Tom ingeniously on top, as the hero of the village and the envy of all the other boys.
- Published: 26 June 1986
- ISBN: 9780141935041
- Imprint: Penguin eBooks
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 256
Categories:
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About the author
Born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in 1835, Mark Twain spent his youth in Hannibal, Missouri, which forms the setting for his two greatest works, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Trying his hand at printing, typesetting and then gold-mining, the former steam-boat pilot eventually found his calling in journalism and travel writing. Dubbed 'the father of American literature' by William Faulkner, Twain died in 1910 after a colourful life of travelling, bankruptcy and great literary success.