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020			_a978-0-143-42688-2
040			_cPenguin Books
082			_a813.4 T911 A _b301439
100			_aMark Twain
245			_aThe adventures of Tom Sawyer
260			_aGurgaon _bPenguin Books _c2016
300			_a202 Pp
521			_aThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer is the first of Mark Twain's novels to feature one of the best-loved characters in American fiction. 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 sombre undercurrent flows through the high humour and unabashed nostalgia of the novel, however, for beneath the innocence of childhood lie the inequities of adult reality - base emotions and superstitions, murder and revenge, starvation and slavery. In his illuminating introduction, noted Twain scholar John Seelye considers Twain's impact on American letters and discusses the balance between humorous escapades and serious concern that is found in much of Twain's writing.
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