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Jul 11, 2011
Bird Brian
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To borrow a phrase from Ceridwen, I'd like to punch this book in the nose. Don't get me wrong; Mark Twain's novel is engagingly written and probably a timeless classic for its rich depictions of rural life in the antebellum South; it's just that the "lovable rascal" schtick doesn't work for me. It isn't really the book I have an issue with; it's Tom Sawyer himself I'd like to punch. He's been an icon of carefree boyhood antics for nealy 150 years, and as such he's been a stone in my sh
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Mar 28, 2010
Doug
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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.
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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 More...
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Dec 17, 2009
Nathan
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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
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Dec 11, 2007
Yena
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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
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Dec 17, 2009
Jason
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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
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Nov 21, 2008
I am currently reading this to my boys. I am not enjoying it at all. I think my 8 year old likes it though. I was really expecting to be more excited about this one. =( I wish I could get it to it.
Okay, maybe I am a weak reader, but I decided to read an abridged version instead to my boys. It still has the fun stories but it is missing all the wonderful wisdom and insight that Mark Twain writes in the original. Maybe someday I will pick up the original again. I suppose my fam More...
Okay, maybe I am a weak reader, but I decided to read an abridged version instead to my boys. It still has the fun stories but it is missing all the wonderful wisdom and insight that Mark Twain writes in the original. Maybe someday I will pick up the original again. I suppose my fam More...
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Mar 28, 2008
eliza
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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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Feb 05, 2012
9. If you could ask any character a question, what would you ask? If you could ask the author a question, what might that be? Explain why you chose these questions.
If you could ask any character a question, I would ask Tom why he tricked about his dead and what he received when he did it. I think he seemed did not understand this was a serious problem. Although he had some good action, he had more trickery. I think as a twelve-year boy, Tom hardly had this kind of idea in his mind. I wonde More...
If you could ask any character a question, I would ask Tom why he tricked about his dead and what he received when he did it. I think he seemed did not understand this was a serious problem. Although he had some good action, he had more trickery. I think as a twelve-year boy, Tom hardly had this kind of idea in his mind. I wonde More...
Mar 27, 2009
Rebecca
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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.
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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.
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Nov 23, 2008
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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
Jul 31, 2008
Laura
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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
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Aug 04, 2011
Terry
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What does one say about Tom Sawyer? I purchased both Tom and Huckelberry Finn at one of the greatest used book stores in the states, The Book Barn, in West Chester, PA. Ive always wondered why these books are banned. Granted, Tom Sawyer doesnt do anything for race relations (the n-word is used a lot, not to mention Injuns,) the boys do smoke and theres a mention of orgies (the boys have no idea what they are) but I found it to be pretty harmless. One can certainly hear/see r
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Mar 15, 2009
Jrobertus
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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
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Jan 09, 2012
Tom Sawyer is a fun loving boy who knows no limits when it comes to finding excitement in his life. From playing pirates for a couple days, to attending his own funeral, to even spending days lost in a cave, Tom knows how to make everything interesting... for everyone! He along with his friends Ben Rogers, Joe Harper, and Huck Finn, embark on many journeys. Such as when they decide that it would be a great idea to spend a couple days out on the river playing pirates, while scaring the dayli
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Dec 15, 2011
Nick
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a book about a mischievous boy named Tom Sawyer. It is a mix of comedy, romantic and an adventure book.
Tom falls in love with a girl named Becky Thatcher and convinces her to get engaged to him. Becky then finds out that Tom was engaged to a different girl, then Tom runs away with his friends Huck and Joe to be pirates. A couple day's later Tom and Huck decide to search for treasure, they look in an old house and over hear people talking. It was the murd More...
Tom falls in love with a girl named Becky Thatcher and convinces her to get engaged to him. Becky then finds out that Tom was engaged to a different girl, then Tom runs away with his friends Huck and Joe to be pirates. A couple day's later Tom and Huck decide to search for treasure, they look in an old house and over hear people talking. It was the murd More...
Dec 14, 2011
Kitae
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This book was a great one but I can't say it is one of the best ones I have ever read. It was a mix of comedy, action, romance, epic fails, treachery and more. Tom Sawyer, the main character, dives into many small tales with his two friends, Huckleberry Finn and Joe Harper, and live the life of a boy. The first thing they do to get into the newspaper is run away and become pirates on an island. With their naturally learned skills as well as others, they live off of fish, create fires by themselv
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Dec 14, 2011
Michael
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This story is about an adventurous young boy who likes to get in to all kinds of mischief with his friends. One day he could be tricking all the neighborhood kids into doing his chores the next day attending his own funeral and maybe even finding treasure with his best friend Huck Finn. The book is simply about the story a young boy’s life. A classic novel written by one of the pioneers of satire this is one of the greatest books I have ever read.
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Dec 14, 2011
Nicole
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Dec 14, 2011
Roberto
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Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain, is an interesting book. Tom is an adventurous boy. He went on many adventures and did many crazy things, such as watching a killing, faking his own death, becoming a pirate, searching for treasure, and getting lost in caves. He is also involved in some romance with a girl who turns out liking him back. He doesn’t like Sunday school or church and is irked by his little brother Sid and his big sister Mary.
I could really relate to this book. I love doi More...
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Dec 14, 2011
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain, follows a young boy named Tom Sawyer, whose age has yet to be determined, on his adventures, as the book is appropriately titled. Tom will do anything to keep himself amused, from tick flicking in class, to running away to become a pirate, though it does seem immature, I reckon there was not much more to do in Missouri during the mid-1800s that could keep a boy entertained. During a daring midnight adventure to the graveyard alongside his loyal frien
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Dec 14, 2011
Sam
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Tom Sawyer is the main character of the book along with his friends Joe Thatcher and Huckleberry Finn. Tom also has a more or less girlfriend named Becky Thatcher and they are all probably somewhere around the age of 9-11 years old. The main plot line of this story is that Tom and Huck witness a murder in the graveyard in which a shady criminal named Injun Joe kills Dr. Robinson and even worse he frames another man named Muff Potter for it. When Tom testifies in court Injun Joe goes on the ru
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Dec 14, 2011
Brendan.r
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The Adventure Of Tom Sawyer
By: Mark Twain
ISBN:0143039563 (ISBN13: 9780143039563)
Price:$4.64 (Hardcover:$7.95)
The Adventure Of Tom Sawyer
Tom Sawyer a boy who is very clever and cunning lives in St. Petersburg Missouri. The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer is about Tom and his friend Huck. Huck is the son to a drunk man that doesn't take care of him. They are both very clever and they don't listen very well. Tom and Huck go out in the middle of the night to a gra More...
By: Mark Twain
ISBN:0143039563 (ISBN13: 9780143039563)
Price:$4.64 (Hardcover:$7.95)
The Adventure Of Tom Sawyer
Tom Sawyer a boy who is very clever and cunning lives in St. Petersburg Missouri. The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer is about Tom and his friend Huck. Huck is the son to a drunk man that doesn't take care of him. They are both very clever and they don't listen very well. Tom and Huck go out in the middle of the night to a gra More...
Dec 13, 2011
Dane
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First, let me say that when I started this book, I was thinking, "Oh no, another boring book that I'm required to read for school. Great.", but now I realize that the book wasn't really that bad. Anyways, the main character is Tom Sawyer, a young, immature, fun-loving boy who does something new every day, mainly pirating, exploring caves, and hunting for treasure with his friend and fellow pirate-boy, Huckleberry Finn, whose dad is a raging drunk, has no support for him whatsoever. Huc
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Dec 12, 2011
Hyuk
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This book is about a story of a boy who lives in St. Petersburg, Missouri. A boy who goes around causing troubles whereever he is. A boy who has the ability to have the whole town celebrate in joy or grief in depression. Tom Sawyer is an adventurous little boy. He is very cunning and clever. One day, Tom gets in a fight with a new boy in town and gets his clothes messy. As a punshiment, his aunt makes him whitewash the entire fence. Tom, annoyed that he can't do what he wants on a day off, trick
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Dec 06, 2011
Sarah
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"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain.
This book is about a young boy named Tom and it tells of his adventures in life and anything that happens between him, his family, and friends. This story tells about every little thing involving Tom. Tom and his friends Huck Finn and Joe Harper grow up together as friends and they all go to school together along with Tom's girlfriend Becky who is supposedly 'engaged' to him. Tom and his friends get fed up and decide to becom More...
This book is about a young boy named Tom and it tells of his adventures in life and anything that happens between him, his family, and friends. This story tells about every little thing involving Tom. Tom and his friends Huck Finn and Joe Harper grow up together as friends and they all go to school together along with Tom's girlfriend Becky who is supposedly 'engaged' to him. Tom and his friends get fed up and decide to becom More...
Nov 04, 2011
Brian H
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Brian Hippern
“The Great Adventures of Tom Sawyer” by Mark Twain is a novel about simple boy named Tom who can manipulate people to do things he doesn’t want to. Immature Tom only cares for himself. Tom sets his eyes on a girl named Becky Thatcher, who he takes a large beaten for at school. Tom is friends with an assortment of people including Huckleberry Finn, Joe Harper and many others. They get into crazy shenanigans like escaping to an island to ‘become pirates’ and many other More...
“The Great Adventures of Tom Sawyer” by Mark Twain is a novel about simple boy named Tom who can manipulate people to do things he doesn’t want to. Immature Tom only cares for himself. Tom sets his eyes on a girl named Becky Thatcher, who he takes a large beaten for at school. Tom is friends with an assortment of people including Huckleberry Finn, Joe Harper and many others. They get into crazy shenanigans like escaping to an island to ‘become pirates’ and many other More...
Oct 13, 2011
Moody~blue
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First of all: the cover of the 2008 Puffin edition of Tom Sawyer is fricking awful. I t turns the white washing incident-which is the finest example of Tom's business savvy and cunning, not to mention the best moment of the childhood construction and values of young boys in St. Petersburg in the entire book-into some innocent, mundane piece of idealistic childhood crap. The cover is utter crap, do you hear me? CRAP!
Alright then, now that I've gotten that little trifle cleared up, I can g More...
Alright then, now that I've gotten that little trifle cleared up, I can g More...
Jun 26, 2011
Vanessa.morgan
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Mark Twain has basically bottled the essence of what it's like to be a little boy.
The best part is having the narrator's adult voice add lots of importance to really silly or inconsequential things, like Tom getting in trouble in Sunday school or him swindling his friends as they trade the bugs and other stuff in their pockets.
The reason I like this one better than Huck Finn (so far...I'm now reading Huck Finn), is that it HAS this adult narrator, whereas Huck's story i More...
