The adventures of Tom Sawyer
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The adventures of Tom Sawyer
（Oxford world's classics）
Oxford University Press, 1998, c1993
Available at 7 libraries
Note
Bibliography: p. xxxvii-xxxix
Description and Table of Contents
Description
"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" (1876) is Mark Twain's most popular book, and its hero is a national icon, celebrated as a distinctively American figure both at home and abroad. Tom Sawyer's bold spirit, winsome smile, and inventive solutions to the problems of everyday life in fictional St Petersburg - whether getting his friends to whitewash a fence for him, or escaping the demands of his vigilant Aunt Polly - have won him the hearts of generations. The very success of the novel has obscured its contradictions and the extent to which the author's response to contemporary cultural developments was a mixed one. "Tom Sawyer" is not only a deft comedy and a powerful celebration of childhood. It also reflects how Mark Twain was in the process of finding his distinctive voice, a voice with which he could express the conflicts he felt about coming of age in America.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Note on the text
- Select bibliography
- A chronology of Mark Twain
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- Explanatory notes.
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