"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" With an introduction by Robert Maniquis Mark Twain's novel is one of the first American literary masterpieces, embracing local vernacular to personify the unique small-town culture of this fledgling nation. Twain drew the adventures of the mischievous yet heroic Tom Sawyer from his own youth in a riverside Missouri town in the 1840s, and created perhaps the finest book about boyhood ever writtten. "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" is at once a comic and poignant story about the fears and fantasies of a boy's world, and a brilliant satire of the culture and…mehr
"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" With an introduction by Robert Maniquis Mark Twain's novel is one of the first American literary masterpieces, embracing local vernacular to personify the unique small-town culture of this fledgling nation. Twain drew the adventures of the mischievous yet heroic Tom Sawyer from his own youth in a riverside Missouri town in the 1840s, and created perhaps the finest book about boyhood ever writtten. "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" is at once a comic and poignant story about the fears and fantasies of a boy's world, and a brilliant satire of the culture and institutions of the times. One of this beloved author's most widely read works, it is hailed as an American classic.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Mark Twain, born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in 1835, left school at age 12. His career encompassed such varied occupations as printer, Mississippi riverboat pilot, journalist, travel writer, and publisher, which furnished him with a wide knowledge of humanity and the perfect grasp of local customs and speech manifested in his writing. It wasn't until The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), that he was recognized by the literary establishment as one of the greatest writers America would ever produce. Toward the end of his life, plagued by personal tragedy and financial failure, Twain grew more and more cynical and pessimistic. Though his fame continued to widen--Yale and Oxford awarded him honorary degrees--he spent his last years in gloom and desperation, but he lives on in American letters as "the Lincoln of our literature."
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Contents Introduction 1. Tom Plays, Fights, and Hides 2. The Glorious Whitewasher 3. Busy at War and Love 4. Showing Off in Sunday School 5. The Pinch Bug and His Prey 6. Tom Meets Becky 7. Tick-Running and a Heartbreak 8. A Pirate Bold to Be 9. Tragedy in the Graveyard 10. Dire Prophecy of the Howling Dog 11. Conscience Racks Tom 12. The Cat and the Painkiller 13. The Pirate Crew Set Sail 14. Happy Camp of the Freebooters 15. Tom's Stealthy Visit Home 16. First Pipes -- "I've Lost My Knife" 17. Pirates at Their Own Funeral 18. Tom Reveals His Dream Secret 19. The Cruelty of "I Didn't Think" 20. Tom Takes Becky's Punishment 21. Eloquence -- and the Master's Gilded Dome 22. Huck Finn Quotes Scripture 23. The Salvation of Muff Potter 24. Splendid Days and Fearsome Nights 25. Seeking the Buried Treasure 26. Real Robbers Seize the Box of Gold 27. Trembling on the Trail 28. In the Lair of Injun Joe 29. Huck Saves the Widow 30. Tom and Becky in the Cave 31. Found and Lost Again 32. "Turn Out! They're Found!" 33. The Fate of Injun Joe 34. Floods of Gold 35. Respectable Huck Joins the Gang Literary Allusions and Notes Critical Excerpts Mark Twain on The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Suggestions for Further Reading
Contents Introduction 1. Tom Plays, Fights, and Hides 2. The Glorious Whitewasher 3. Busy at War and Love 4. Showing Off in Sunday School 5. The Pinch Bug and His Prey 6. Tom Meets Becky 7. Tick-Running and a Heartbreak 8. A Pirate Bold to Be 9. Tragedy in the Graveyard 10. Dire Prophecy of the Howling Dog 11. Conscience Racks Tom 12. The Cat and the Painkiller 13. The Pirate Crew Set Sail 14. Happy Camp of the Freebooters 15. Tom's Stealthy Visit Home 16. First Pipes -- "I've Lost My Knife" 17. Pirates at Their Own Funeral 18. Tom Reveals His Dream Secret 19. The Cruelty of "I Didn't Think" 20. Tom Takes Becky's Punishment 21. Eloquence -- and the Master's Gilded Dome 22. Huck Finn Quotes Scripture 23. The Salvation of Muff Potter 24. Splendid Days and Fearsome Nights 25. Seeking the Buried Treasure 26. Real Robbers Seize the Box of Gold 27. Trembling on the Trail 28. In the Lair of Injun Joe 29. Huck Saves the Widow 30. Tom and Becky in the Cave 31. Found and Lost Again 32. "Turn Out! They're Found!" 33. The Fate of Injun Joe 34. Floods of Gold 35. Respectable Huck Joins the Gang Literary Allusions and Notes Critical Excerpts Mark Twain on The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Suggestions for Further Reading
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