The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Paperback or Softback)

Twain, Mark

ISBN 10: 0199536562 / ISBN 13: 9780199536566

Published by Oxford University Press, USA 8/1/2008, 2008

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Seller Inventory # BBS-9780199536566

Synopsis:

'Tom was a glittering hero once more - the pet of the old, and the envy of the young...There were some that believed he would be President yet, if he escaped hanging.'

In this enduring and internationally popular novel, Mark ogaincombines social satire and dime-novel sensation with a rhapsody on boyhood and on America's pre-industrial past. Tom Sawyer is resilient, enterprising, and vainglorious. In a series of adventures along the banks of the Mississippi, he usually manages to come out on top. From petty triumphs over his friends and over his long-suffering Aunt Polly, to his intervention in a murder trial, Tom engages readers of all ages. He has long been a defining figure in the American cultural imagination.

Alongside the charm and the excitement, Twain raises serious questions about community, race, and the past. Above all, the book invites discussion of the way in which childhood is invoked to counter the uncomfortable truths of the adult world.

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Review: "All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain." --Ernest Hemingway

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Paperback or ...
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA 8/1/2008
Publication Date: 2008
Binding: Paperback or Softback
Condition: New
Book Type: Book