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HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Now he found out a new thing - namely, that to promise not to do a thing is the surest way in the world to make a body want to go and do that very thing.' An idyllic snapshot of a boy's childhood along the banks of the Mississippi River, Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is the author's work that comes closest to his boyhood experiences of growing up in Hannibal in the 1840s. Mischievous and full of energy, Tom enjoys childish pranks and pastimes with his friends, Huck Finn, the town outcast and Joe Harper, his best friend. However, at the town graveyard, Huck and Tom witness a murder, carried out by local vagabond Injun Joe. They vow never to tell a soul about what they have seen and so begins their journey into adulthood as Tom wrestles with his own morality, guilt and anxiety. A 'coming of age' tale, it is through Tom's adventures and relationships with others that he becomes more responsible and more aware of his own inner conflict. Through the central characters of Tom and Huck, Twain satirises the moral rigidity of society and adult hypocrisy, whilst at the same time giving a nostalgic portrayal of a young boy's journey into adulthood.Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-139780007420117
eBay Product ID (ePID)97767733
Product Key Features
Book TitleThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Collins Classics)
AuthorMark Twain
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicBooks
Publication Year2011
Dimensions
Item Height178mm
Item Width111mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorMark Twain
Series TitleCollins Classics
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom