The Adventures of Tom Sawyer : Bestsellers and famous Books

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910148992603321
• Autore: Twain Mark
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Dinslaken : , : anboco, , 2016; ©2016
• ISBN: 9783736417922; 3736417926
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (235 pages)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER -- BY MARK TWAIN -- PREFACE -- CHAPTER I -- CHAPTER II -- CHAPTER III -- CHAPTER IV -- CHAPTER V -- CHAPTER VI -- CHAPTER VII -- CHAPTER VIII -- CHAPTER IX -- CHAPTER X -- CHAPTER XI -- CHAPTER XII -- CHAPTER XIII -- CHAPTER XIV -- CHAPTER XV -- CHAPTER XVI -- CHAPTER XVII -- CHAPTER XVIII -- CHAPTER XIX -- CHAPTER XX -- CHAPTER XXI -- "A MISSOURI MAIDEN'S FAREWELL TO ALABAMA -- CHAPTER XXII -- CHAPTER XXIII -- CHAPTER XXIV -- CHAPTER XXV -- CHAPTER XVI -- CHAPTER XXVII -- CHAPTER XXVIII -- CHAPTER XXIX -- CHAPTER XXX -- CHAPTER XXXI -- CHAPTER XXXII -- CHAPTER XXXIII -- CHAPTER XXXIV -- CHAPTER XXXV.
• Sommario/riassunto: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain is an 1876 novel about a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River. It is set in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, inspired by Hannibal, Missouri, where Twain lived. Tom Sawyer lives with his Aunt Polly and his half-brother Sid. He skips school to swim and is made to whitewash the fence the next day as punishment. He cleverly persuades his friends to trade him small treasures for the privilege of doing his work. He then trades the treasures for Sunday School tickets which one normally receives for memorizing verses consistently, redeeming them for a Bible, much to the surprise and bewilderment of the superintendent who thought "it was simply preposterous that this boy had warehoused two thousand ; sheaves of Scriptural wisdom on his premises--a dozen would strain his capacity, without a doubt."Tom falls in love with Becky Thatcher, a new girl in town, and persuades her to get "engaged" by kissing him. But their romance collapses when she learns Tom has been "engaged" previously to Amy Lawrence. Shortly after Becky shuns him, he accompanies Huckleberry Finn to the graveyard at night, where they witness a trio of body snatchers, Dr. Robinson, Muff Potter and Injun Joe, getting into a fight. While Potter is knocked unconscious during the scuffle, Injun Joe stabs the doctor to death and later pins the blame on Potter, who is arrested for the murder. Potter is then shunned by the whole town, except Huck and Tom, who knew the real story. They decided "to keep mum" about this incident because they are afraid of Injun Joe murdering them...