The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
$24.23
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
2 January 2015
Summary
Charming boyhood adventure tale and perennial seller, this novel is updated with a new introduction by Mark Twain scholar R. Kent Rasmussen.
A consummate prankster with a quick wit, Tom Sawyer dreams of a bigger fate than simply being a “rich boy.” Yet through the novel’s humorous escapades-from the famous episode of the whitewashed fence to the trial of Injun Joe-Mark Twain explores the deeper themes of the adult world, one of dishonesty and superstition, murder and revenge, starvation and slavery.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143107330 |
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| ISBN-10: | 014310733X |
| Author: | Mark Twain |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 2 January 2015 |
| Weight: | 245g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 18mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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“Twain had a greater effect than any other writer on the evolution of American prose.”
“Twain had a greater effect than any other writer on the evolution of American prose.”
About The Author
Mark Twain
Mark Twain (1835-1910) was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in Florida, Missouri. Starting out as a typesetter, he went on to work as a steamboat pilot, prospector, and journalist before publishing his first major book, The Innocents Abroad.
R. Kent Rasmussen is the author or editor of nine books on Mark Twain, including the award-winning Mark Twain A to Z, as well as more than a dozen other books. He lives in Southern California.
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