 Frontispiece from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain (1st ed., 1876): [Tom Sawyer fishing] Image by True Williams, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed Public domain |
Tommy SawyerThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 1876 novel by Mark Twain For other uses, see The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (disambiguation). The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (also simply known as Tom Sawyer) is a novel by Mark Twain published on June 9, 1876, about a boy, Tom Sawyer, growing up along the Mississippi River. It is set in the 1830s–1840s in the town of St. Petersburg, which is based on Hannibal, Missouri, where Twain lived as a boy.[2] In the novel, 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.[3][4] Quick facts Author, Language ... The Adventures of… (Source: Wikipedia)
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