by Mark Twain · Oxford University Press España, S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780194229364
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«The Adventures of Tom Sawyer» is Mark Twain's adventure novel, published by Oxford University Press in paperback (64 pages, in English).
Tom Sawyer is a mischievous boy growing up in a town on the banks of the Mississippi River in the 19th century. His thirst for adventure leads him to unexpected situations with his friends, mixing friendship, wit, and a desire for freedom. The story reflects life and customs in rural America of the time.
Part of the Oxford Bookworms Library collection, level 1, with a vocabulary of 400 words. The adaptation is by Nick Bullard; the series is edited by Jennifer Bassett.
Intended for beginner English students and young readers approaching the classics with simple vocabulary.
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.
