by Mark Twain · Independently Published · tapa blanda · ISBN 9798729924172
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«The Adventures of Tom Sawyer» is Mark Twain's adventure novel, published by Independently Published in paperback (138 pages, in English).
It narrates the mischief of Tom Sawyer, an ingenious boy growing up on the banks of the Mississippi River. Between games, first adventures and his friendship with Huck Finn, the novel portrays life in a southern US town and blends humour, nostalgia and social criticism. It includes famous episodes such as the whitewashed fence, a trial and a cave.
Originally published in 1876, it is the first instalment of the Adventures of Tom and Huck series. It was awarded the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1967.
For young readers and adults who want to approach, in English, a classic of adventure and youth literature.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist. He has been praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced", with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature". Twain's novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), with the latter often called the "Great American Novel". He also wrote A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) and Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894) and cowrote The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (1873) with Charles Dudley Warner.
