The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Harper's Modern Classics)
By Mark TwainThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer is an 1876 novel by Mark Twain about a boy growing up along the Mississippi River. It is set in the 1840s in the town of St. Petersburg, which is based on Hannibal, Missouri, where Twain lived as a boy. In the novel, Tom Sawyer has several adventures, often with his friend Huckleberry Finn. Originally a commercial failure, the book ended up being the best selling of Twain's works during his lifetime.Though overshadowed by its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the book is considered by many to be a masterpiece of American literature.[5] It was one of the first novels to be written on a typewriter.
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Book details
- Hardcover
- 290 pages
- English
- 0866119574
- 9780866119573
About Mark Twain
samuel langhorne clemens, better known by his pen name mark twain, was an american author and humorist. he is noted for his novels adventures of Read More about Mark Twain
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