Mark Twain

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: Original & Unabridged Mark Twain

Publisher Marketing: This is the original and unabridged text of the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by "Mark Twain." The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a novel about a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River. The story is set in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, inspired by Hannibal, Missouri, where Twain lived. Mark Twain, in his lecture notes, proposes that "a sound heart is a surer guide than an ill-trained conscience" and goes on to describe the novel as ..".a book of mine where a sound heart and a deformed conscience come into collision and conscience suffers defeat." Twain began his career writing light, humorous verse, but evolved into a chronicler of the vanities, hypocrisies and murderous acts of mankind. Twain was a master at rendering colloquial speech and helped to create and popularize a distinctive American literature built on American themes and language. "Mark Twain gave pleasure - real intellectual enjoyment - to millions, and his works will continue to give such pleasure to millions yet to come ... His humor was American, but he was nearly as much appreciated by Englishmen and people of other countries as by his own countrymen. He has made an enduring part of American literature." - "President William Howard Taft" Review Citations: School Library Journal 01/01/2010 pg. 130 (EAN 9781597071536, Paperback) Booklist 01/01/2010 pg. 72 (EAN 9781597071536, Paperback) School Library Journal 01/01/2010 pg. 130 (EAN 9781597071529, Hardcover) Booklist 01/01/2010 pg. 72 (EAN 9781597071529, Hardcover) Audio File 02/01/2009 pg. 38 (EAN 9781433215919, Compact Disc) - *Starred Review Audio File 02/01/2009 pg. 38 (EAN 9781433210327, Compact Disc) - *Starred Review School Library Journal 07/01/2000 (EAN 9780001047587, Analog Audio Cassette) Booklist 04/15/1993 pg. 1530 (EAN 9781561001156, Analog Audio Cassette) School Library Journal 03/01/2004 pg. 85 (EAN 9781882513826, Compact Disc) School Library Journal 03/01/2004 pg. 85 (EAN 9781882513574, Analog Audio Cassette) Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2005 pg. 86 (EAN 9781402714603, Hardcover) Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2002 pg. 88 (EAN 9780753454787, Hardcover) Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2003 pg. 88 (EAN 9780753454787, Hardcover) Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/1991 pg. 568 (EAN 9780140350036, Paperback) Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/1990 (EAN 9780816718597, Hardcover) Library Journal 06/01/2002 pg. 216 (EAN 9781572702264, Compact Disc) Entertainment Weekly 06/16/2000 pg. 80 (EAN 9780743506342, Compact Disc) Beyond the Cover Author Interv 11/01/2000 pg. 19 (EAN 9780743506342, Compact Disc) Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/1991 pg. 568 (EAN 9780688075101, Hardcover) Wilson Children's Catalog 96 01/01/1996 pg. 600 (EAN 9780688075101, Hardcover) Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/1996 (EAN 9780688075101, Hardcover) Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2006 pg. 774 (EAN 9780688075101, Hardcover) Wilson Middle/Junior Hi Catalo 01/01/2009 pg. 1027 (EAN 9780688075101, Hardcover) Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2010 pg. 1155 (EAN 9780688075101, Hardcover) School Library Journal 01/01/1997 pg. 116 (EAN 9780670869848, Hardcover) Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/1996 pg. 84 (EAN 9780670869848, Hardcover) Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/1991 pg. 568 (EAN 9780553211283, Mass Market Paperbound) Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/1991 pg. 568 (EAN 9780520045590, Paperback) Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/1991 pg. 568 (EAN 9780520045583, Hardcover) Wilson Children's Catalog 96 01/01/1996 pg. 600 (EAN 9780448405605, Hardcover) Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/1991 pg. 568 (EAN 9780671456474, Hardcover) Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2010 pg. 337 (EAN 9781602707047, Library Binding) Contributor Bio:  Twain, Mark Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), best known to the world by his pen-name Mark Twain, was an author and humorist, noted for his novels The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), which has been called "the Great American Novel," and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876, among many others.