The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: Unabridged Edition (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781986060417)

Tom Sawyer lives with his Aunt Polly, who has many opportunities to punish him, and his well-educated half-brother Sid. Tom falls in love with Becky Thatcher, a new girl in town. One night he accompanies his best friend, Huckleberry Finn, to the graveyard, where they witness a trio of grave robbers...
First published in 1876 and featuring one of the best-loved characters in American fiction, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is redolent of life in the Mississippi River towns in the 19th century, where Mark Twain spent his own youth. The innocence and humour of this tenderly nostalgic novel, mix with the harsh reality of adult life: superstitions, murder, revenge, destitution and slavery.
This masterpiece is one of the most widely read novels throughout the world and inspired many adaptations, it will delight readers of all ages.

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910) is a great American novelist. He was first trained as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi river - 'Mark Twain', phrase used on riverboats to indicate that the water is two fathoms deep and therefore safe, became the pen name by which he acquired worldwide fame.

Read the "Great American Novels" in a book series by the editor Atlantic Editions:
The Last of the Mohicans, by James Fenimore Cooper ISBN 978-1523374106
The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne ISBN 978-1523374335
Moby-Dick, by Herman Melville ISBN 978-1523822010
Uncle Tom's Cabin, by Harriet Beecher Stowe ISBN 978-1523374045

(c) Atlantic Editions

Author: Atlantic Editions, Mark Twain
ISBN-10: 1986060411
ISBN-13: 9781986060417
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 02/28/2018
Pages: 188
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.40d