Adventures of Tom Sawyer

by

Mark Twain

Published in 1876, Tom Sawyer is an enduring narrative of youthful escapades. The setting is a small Mississippi River town in the 1830s. Where Tom and his best friend, Huck Finn, share exciting make-believe escapades as treasure hunters, swashbuckling pirates, and soldiers in battle. They also unwittingly become real-life witnesses to a murder!

The book's nostalgic attitude and its wistful re-creation of pre-Civil War life are humorously spiced by its main character, Tom Sawyer. Rather than the preternaturally "model boy" of Sunday-school stories, Tom is mischievous and irresponsible, but goodhearted.

Mark Twain is one of the most admired writers of all time. With this tale of boyhood adventure he left his indelible stamp on American literature.