by Mark Twain · Hachette editions · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782010139796
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«Les aventures de Tom Sawyer» is Mark Twain's adventure novel, published by Hachette in paperback (345 pages, in French).
The book follows the mischief of Tom Sawyer, a clever boy growing up on the banks of the Mississippi who turns his everyday life into adventures, from whitewashing a fence to exploring a cave. Alongside Huckleberry Finn, the narrative portrays childhood, freedom, and the hypocrisy of adult society.
Work originally published in 1876; first instalment of the Tom and Huck adventure series. French edition illustrated by Claude Lapointe.
Suitable reading for children and young adults; also of interest to collectors of illustrated classics.
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.
