The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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Here is the story of Tom, Huck, Becky, and Aunt Polly; a tale of adventures, pranks, playing hookey, and summertime fun. Written by the author sometimes called "the Lincoln of literature," The Adventures of Tom Sawyer was surprisingly neither a critical nor a financial success when it was first
… More »Here is the story of Tom, Huck, Becky, and Aunt Polly; a tale of adventures, pranks, playing hookey, and summertime fun. Written by the author sometimes called "the Lincoln of literature," The Adventures of Tom Sawyer was surprisingly neither a critical nor a financial success when it was first published in 1876. It was Mark Twain's first novel. However, since then Tom Sawyer has become his most popular work, enjoying dramatic, film, and even Broadway musical interpretations.
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Add a SummaryTom Sawyer had many adventures and in one of the adventures he got lost in what may be a city underground.Tom Sawyer and his companion Becky Thatcher was saved from the underground city by a search team.by michael
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Add a CommentSuper duper adventurous and very nice and a little sad by michael
Great kid's book!
It was a fun and interesting novel.
It was hard to understand the langauge but it was a pretty good read.
A very well written children's book. Excellent vocabulary. The stories are mostly contained within the chapters, which are a good length for bedtime stories.
This one is a family fun classic.
I first read The Adventures of Tom Sawyer as a kid and recall that I liked it then. Well, I like it now, too. The story moves along with lots of little incidents between the big stories of the murder and treasure. The entire episode in the cave is particularly good. It was definitely worth it to read again. The only downside is the racism; not that Mark Twain has written a racist story. The story is set during the days of slavery. Intense racism is part of Tom Sawyer's world. There are passages, although surprisingly few, that are unpleasant. If nothing else, it reminds us how far we've come down the path, and, that fortunately, Twain was on the right path away from that world.
I actually prefer this to Huck Finn. The pure joy of boyhood with a bit of adventure thrown in. Plus, without really trying, an engrossing, picaresque recounting of an antebellum American South - but not the one with Clark Gable, Vivian Leigh and Olivia DeHavilland. This one is so real that when I was reading this as a boy, I wanted to swim out to the island with Huck and make corncob pipes and fish and wag school...
It was so old
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