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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
From the famous episodes of the whitewashed fence and the ordeal in the cave to the trial of Injun Joe, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is redolent of life in the Mississippi River towns in which Twain spent his own youth. A somber undercurrent flows through the high humor and unabashed nostalgia of the novel, however, for beneath the innocence of childhood lie the inequities...more
Paperback, 282 pages
Published
February 28th 2006
by Penguin Classics
(first published 1876)
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My all-time favorite work of fiction. I usually read this every summer.
As a fourth grader I read this book and took it very seriously. It was my dream to build a raft and go adventuring. Actually I did build the raft, but there was not enough water in the creek.
My other great ambition was to come marching into my own funeral. I still think that would be fun.
When I read about Tom taking a licking for Becky Thatcher in school and sharing his cake with her in the cave, I thought that was incredibl...more
As a fourth grader I read this book and took it very seriously. It was my dream to build a raft and go adventuring. Actually I did build the raft, but there was not enough water in the creek.
My other great ambition was to come marching into my own funeral. I still think that would be fun.
When I read about Tom taking a licking for Becky Thatcher in school and sharing his cake with her in the cave, I thought that was incredibl...more
Tom Sawyer!
Oh, como eu gostava de ver os desenhos animados do Tom Sawyer. Aventuras, maluqueiras!
Quando os via nem tinha noção da existência do livro e de que os desenhos eram uma adaptação.
É o segundo livro que leio por causa de desenhos animados. O primeiro foi A Ilha do Tesouro, que é um dos meus livros favoritos.
"As Aventuras de Tom Sawyer" é, como diz o título, um livro que fala das aventuras deste rapaz.
Tom anda sempre metido em sarilhos e traquinices. Tem vários amigos, mas Huckleberr...more
Oh, como eu gostava de ver os desenhos animados do Tom Sawyer. Aventuras, maluqueiras!
Quando os via nem tinha noção da existência do livro e de que os desenhos eram uma adaptação.
É o segundo livro que leio por causa de desenhos animados. O primeiro foi A Ilha do Tesouro, que é um dos meus livros favoritos.
"As Aventuras de Tom Sawyer" é, como diz o título, um livro que fala das aventuras deste rapaz.
Tom anda sempre metido em sarilhos e traquinices. Tem vários amigos, mas Huckleberr...more
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Sep 17, 2007
Nathan
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Fans of the Great American Con.
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There's not much that can be said about this book by a hack like me that would do it justice. Mark Twain was the first American writer to figure out how to turn the American vernacular into art, and he was the first historian to document how we talked. He also was a visionary who saw the problems of race and the problem racism would be in the future, and he tried to warn the future the only way he knew how: by writing about it then. He was gutsy and he was talented and he was hilarious, and this...more
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I read Huckleberry Finn first and I think that is an infinitely superior book. I think what makes that book so much better is - it has a strong overarching story and a very strong narrator in Huck, whose childlike 'simple' view Twain uses to question the status quo of the world around him. The only part of Huckleberry Finn that I really disliked was Tom Sawyer's appearance at the end - so that didn't bode well for this, but I thought I would give it a go anyway.
#SPOILERS#
In this book Huck is not...more
#SPOILERS#
In this book Huck is not...more
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When I was young I had read this book once. I read this book again recently and thought differently from the last time. The cover of book was interesting which was showing Tom Sawyer’s wit.(I couldn’t find the book in Good Reads) He gave his work to friends by using the wit and instead, he ate friend’s apple. As the title of the book says, ‘The adventure of Tom Sawyer’ is about the boy named Tom Sawyer’s adventure. Not only had that Tom Sawyer practiced and dreamed his own dreams with his faithf...more
I'm admittedly a fan of many of Mark Twain's works; so which to write up here at my social network? So I picked this one, because of me growing up three hours' south of Hannibal, Missouri, Twain's actual childhood hometown, which he paints a vivd picture of in this particular book, and which I visited numerous times as a child. And wow, where do you even begin with how great a writer Mark Twain was? Dark yet mainstream, bitter yet sunny, with a prose style that unbelievably still holds up well 1...more
Little-known fact: I played an extra in the musical and got to choose my own name. I picked "Tony" but was told I had to change it because "the Italians hadn't arrived yet." So I changed it to "Anthony" and they accepted that. I guess what they meant is that the Italians hadn't started using nick-names yet.
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I read this for school last year. I never finished it sadly. I thought it was a great story, but I had already read the easy children's version for fun the year before and had already watched the movie. So I didn't exactly have much interest in the book itself. I found the dialogue hard to follow being that it was written a little while back. Other than that it has a great story.
My advice for kids who have to read this for school: (this is going to sound really bad but this is what i did for a...more
My advice for kids who have to read this for school: (this is going to sound really bad but this is what i did for a...more
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its good, but harder 2 read than i thought, am reading 4 school
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This coming of age novel is an important American classic because:
1) It is the precursor for the bigger and more important Mark Twain novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn....more
2) It is a historical fiction giving readers a glimpse of the laid back town's life in the mid to late 19th century. The town is called St. Petersburg that is based on Hannibal, Missouri, the hometown of Mark Twain. This book is basically a satire of the customs and superstitions that Americans practiced and believed durin
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I truly feel that if Tom Sawyer were ever a real person, there is not one single method of torture that he could endure that would satisfy how much I want to see this person suffer. All I know is that death would be too kind. Tom Sawyer is a bully. He is insufferably mischievous for no good reason, and the only act(s) of heroism he manages to pull off are to fulfill his own selfish motivations. He has absolutely no value to humankind. He is a conviction character with no arc and no personal grow...more
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The adventure of Tom Sawyer is perhaps Mark Twain’s best and most enjoyable book for younger readers. The book draws on memories of Twain’s childhood on the Mississippi River. Many of the events and characters are taken directly from life. The main character was Tom , he is a mischievous but goodhearted boy. Through his love of adventure and following his imagination, Tom and his friends become involved in many difficult situations. His adventure have a happy ending though to the delight of symp...more
Like Huckleberry Finn, I read it a long time ago and I don't remember much besides that I liked it and it was a really good book.
I remember one part, though, because it was my favorite. I remember the part when Tom is white-washing the fence and he gets everybody else to do it for him. I remember that when I read it I wanted to be like him.
I also remember the beginning. It starts out like this:
"tom" no answer. "tom" no answer.
I thought that was a good way to start. It is filled with suspense a...more
I remember one part, though, because it was my favorite. I remember the part when Tom is white-washing the fence and he gets everybody else to do it for him. I remember that when I read it I wanted to be like him.
I also remember the beginning. It starts out like this:
"tom" no answer. "tom" no answer.
I thought that was a good way to start. It is filled with suspense a...more
Visit Tom's home in Hannibal MO
and soon you will realize
that young Sam Clemens
who showed his depth
by revisualizing himself as Mark Twain
could look right into Laura Hawkins' bedroom
Hmmmm
I wonder what he saw
of her
Anyway he changed her name
to Becky so her father
the judge wouldn't know
and soon you will realize
that young Sam Clemens
who showed his depth
by revisualizing himself as Mark Twain
could look right into Laura Hawkins' bedroom
Hmmmm
I wonder what he saw
of her
Anyway he changed her name
to Becky so her father
the judge wouldn't know
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It so boring at first, they are not doing anything but talking. But the very next chapter, it is getting more excited. Now, Tom and Huck is going to find a treasure.
27/1/13
Tom was trap in the cave with becky and he found that Injun Joe was in there too to hide the treasure. After he and Becky came out of the cave, Injun Joe died in the cave. So, Tom and Huck go find the treasure inside.
27/1/13
Tom was trap in the cave with becky and he found that Injun Joe was in there too to hide the treasure. After he and Becky came out of the cave, Injun Joe died in the cave. So, Tom and Huck go find the treasure inside.
Time magazine recently featured a cover story on the classic American writer Mark Twain. Recalling that we had “The Portable Mark Twain” on our bookshelf, I decided to re-read this one. I was surprised how much of it I forgot. It is a mix of letters and stories including his best known work “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”. I was impressed with the intelligence and insight of Twain’s observations on human nature, religion and war. Mark’s commentary and storytelling is colorful and much of it can...more
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This is one of the classic American tales, by perhaps our most esteemed writer. Unlike Huckleberry Finn, this book doesn't take on great moral issues, but is a description of the joys of childhood. The setting is a Mississippi River town in mid 1830's so there were different lifestyles, but certain universal themes come through clearly enough. Tom is a boy's boy who is a bit wild and causes poor Aunt Polly some sleepless nights. Still he has a good side, and his adventures with his pals Huck and...more
Mark Twain's story of a boy's life in a small town on the Mississippi River is worth reading for many reasons. First of all, it is just plain fun. Tom has many amusing adventures, such as the famous white-washing incident. The imaginations of the children are fully engaged; in a world without even picture shows, radio, or recorded music, much less TV or video games, the boys and girls of St. Petersburg do not lack activities to keep themselves entertained. There is also a dark side to this world...more
Devin Sitter
Period 5
5/30/13
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
What did I like and dislike about the book?
Tom Sawyer’s character is brilliant because although he is a “bad” child, he still cares for those around him. I enjoyed the fence whitewashing scene, because it exposed Sawyer’s true cleverness as he was able to persuade passing children to perform the tedious task for him. His relationships with Huck and Becky Thatcher revealed his true character that was hidden behind his mischief....more
Period 5
5/30/13
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
What did I like and dislike about the book?
Tom Sawyer’s character is brilliant because although he is a “bad” child, he still cares for those around him. I enjoyed the fence whitewashing scene, because it exposed Sawyer’s true cleverness as he was able to persuade passing children to perform the tedious task for him. His relationships with Huck and Becky Thatcher revealed his true character that was hidden behind his mischief....more
Little Boy’s Dream Town
By: Kyle Bradford
Tom Sawyer is a very adventurous boy who lives with his Aunt Polly and half-brother, Sid. He lives in St. Petersburg, Missouri, in the 1840’s. Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) successfully made a town that is every little boys dream. Tom is mischievous, smart, and adventurous. He loves conning people into doing work for him, establishing relationships from nowhere, and jumping into an adventure when it comes around.
Tom sneaks out one night to meet his friend,...more
By: Kyle Bradford
Tom Sawyer is a very adventurous boy who lives with his Aunt Polly and half-brother, Sid. He lives in St. Petersburg, Missouri, in the 1840’s. Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) successfully made a town that is every little boys dream. Tom is mischievous, smart, and adventurous. He loves conning people into doing work for him, establishing relationships from nowhere, and jumping into an adventure when it comes around.
Tom sneaks out one night to meet his friend,...more
May 13, 2013
matt
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3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
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fictions-of-the-big-it
I read this when I was pretty young. I remember having one of those gold-embossed Classics for Kids hardcovers and being sick or something and just going through it hour after hour. I remember slowly turning the cover forward and back, watching the ripple of light from my window pass over the indentations of Tom's face and actually scaring myself with how drastically different it looked without the fully embossed gold shining...he looked positively demonic when the light hit him the right way.....more
May 07, 2013
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The name of the book i am reading is called"The Adventure OF Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain! this book is a great read if you love adventure, but there is also many differnt kinds of this book wroten in differnt reading levels puls told differntly bu still following the original story.
This book had many diffent gonerias it could fit into for instance 1)Adventure 2)historial and 3) fiction. Mark Twain the author was born in 1835 as a boy he grew up writing lovely short stories and shared them with ev...more
This book had many diffent gonerias it could fit into for instance 1)Adventure 2)historial and 3) fiction. Mark Twain the author was born in 1835 as a boy he grew up writing lovely short stories and shared them with ev...more
"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" has brought great joy to many people of the world. Unfortunately, that didn't happen in my case. Tom Sawyer is a troubled boy who gets himself in trouble quite often and tries to be a "bad boy." The author tries to make Tom look intelligent by making him able to trick his friends into doing his chores. However, the author makes Tom's friend look extremely foolish and incapable of thinking properly, which is pretty boring and depressing. Not only are the minor chara...more
I taught this novel so many years back when we did such things, and I loved it more every year. I think my kids loved it, too, because what's not to love about Mark Twain, and we had a ball with it. This book is so much deeper than most people see on the surface, and I'm certainly not going into all of that here. Every literary critic in America has been there, done that. But I can wax ethereal about "writing what you know" - from taking out the window jamb when you make your escape from a dead...more
Apr 22, 2013
Alex Grasso
marked it as to-read
Over the past winter semester, our seventh grade class has been reading The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. The book was very hard for me to read by myself because the language is much different in the book then from how it is now. The people say words and phrases that I don't really know the meaning of. When we read the book as a group in class I was able to understand what they are talking when the use the old phrases, I was even able to look at the book in a entirely different perspec...more
In The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Tom wants to be a free boy and be friends with Huck Finn but his teachers and the town frown upon this so Tom evades them and becomes friends with huck and does what he wants. I enjoyed this book very much it was very entertaining and adventurous. Mark twain writes so beautifully and makes you feel like you and you hope he doesn’t get caught just as much as he does he brings you into the story. I believe this book is so good and I enjoy it so much because he bring...more
TWAIN, Mark: „Die Abenteuer Tom Sawyers“, Halle 1900 – als eBook
Ein Jugendbuch, das aber auch für Erwachsene interessant ist. Für heutige Jugendliche vielleicht sogar weniger als für Erwachsene. Es ist ein Geschichtsbuch, ein Bericht von Zeitzeigen einer anderen Zeit. Verpackt in einem Jugendbuch, das in der heutigen Zeit kein Jugendbuch mehr ist. Ein Bub, den man auch Lausbub nennen könnte, der sich mit „böse Buben Streichen“ durchs Leben schlägt und dabei reich und angesehen wird. Schon sein V...more
Ein Jugendbuch, das aber auch für Erwachsene interessant ist. Für heutige Jugendliche vielleicht sogar weniger als für Erwachsene. Es ist ein Geschichtsbuch, ein Bericht von Zeitzeigen einer anderen Zeit. Verpackt in einem Jugendbuch, das in der heutigen Zeit kein Jugendbuch mehr ist. Ein Bub, den man auch Lausbub nennen könnte, der sich mit „böse Buben Streichen“ durchs Leben schlägt und dabei reich und angesehen wird. Schon sein V...more
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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 Huckleberry Finn (1885), called "the Great American Novel", and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876).
Twain grew up in Hannibal, Missouri, which would later provide the setting for Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer. He apprenticed with a printer. He also work...more
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Twain grew up in Hannibal, Missouri, which would later provide the setting for Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer. He apprenticed with a printer. He also work...more
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