Mark Twain's Adventures of Tom Sawyer: The Original Text Edition (Paperback)

This coming-of-age story captures a vanished world of outdoor action and introduces Mark Twain's two most enduring literary characters, Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. In a novel that Twain termed a "hymn to boyhood," Tom and Huck fish and swim in the Mississippi River, search for buried treasure, and hide in a haunted house. Tom Sawyer falls for pretty Becky Thatcher, tricks his pals into painting a fence for him, and stages an elaborate prank on the schoolmaster. Around the edges of this idyllic boy-life, however, loom dangerous events in the fictional village of St. Petersburg: Tom and Huck witness a midnight murder in a graveyard, the killer escapes from the courtroom while Tom is testifying, Tom and Becky become lost in a labyrinthine cave, and two sinister villains plot robbery and revenge against a wealthy widow. This Original Text Edition faithfully follows the wording of the first edition, and the editor supplies a historical and literary introduction as well as a guide to Twain's satirical targets.

General

Imprint:	NewSouth Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2012
First published:	September 2012
Editors:	Alan Gribben
Authors:	Alan Gribben
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	218
ISBN-13:	978-1-60306-239-8
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction Books > Fiction > Special features > Classic fiction
LSN:	1-60306-239-4
Barcode:	9781603062398

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