The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Great Illustrated Classics)
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Great Illustrated Classics)

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 ...
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cpw1952

A tribute to the charm and adventure of boyhood!

Summertime and hookey, pranks and punishments, villains and adventures ... read "Tom Sawyer" and re-live your own boyhood! Little wonder that Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, Becky Thatcher, Aunt Polly and Injun Joe have been...

bethesdalily

A Masterpiece of Deceit

This work's poor writing and lack of purpose render it substandard. It teaches deception; if it must be classified as a masterpiece, it is merely a masterful work of mischief. DISCLAIMER: The following is merely a frame that I have chosen to adapt, for the simple sake of rend...

imagine_stars

A Little Imagination Goes a Long, Long Way.

Unlike several others I can think of, this book actually deserves to be deemed a classic. Frequently noted on lists of American classic literature, Tom Sawyer is also often included on some...

michigan3111

Tom Sawyer, hero or criminal

In this epic book, you may want to take a look, it takes place in the US of A, but he becomes a pira...

cpw1952

Pros: This will recreate the vanished dreams of youth!

Cons: What cons?

bethesdalily

Pros: May be interesting to some young boys.

Cons: Deceitful protagonists, superstition and irreverence, mediocre writing--in short, no literary value.

imagine_stars

Pros: Genuine characters, clever chronicling of events

Cons: It's rather short.

michigan3111

Pros: great book, a real classic, many everyday comparisons

Cons: you have to read in ye olde southern accent, (yes'm)

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