The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Author: Mark Twain

Narrator: Paul Newman

Abridged: 2 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/01/2000


Synopsis

Enriched Classics offer readers accessible editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and commentary. Each book includes educational tools alongside the text, enabling students and readers alike to gain a deeper and more developed understanding of the writer and their work.

Originally published in 1876, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is the classic tale of a carefree and courageous boy’s coming-of-age in a rural Mississippi River town. Tom and his best friend, Huckleberry Finn, are two of literature’s most enduring and treasured creations.

Enriched Classics enhance your engagement by introducing and explaining the historical and cultural significance of the work, the author’s personal history, and what impact this book had on subsequent scholarship. Each book includes discussion questions that help clarify and reinforce major themes and reading recommendations for further research.

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About Mark Twain

Mark Twain, born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in 1835, left school at age 12. His career encompassed such varied occupations as printer, Mississippi riverboat pilot, journalist, travel writer, and publisher, which furnished him with a wide knowledge of humanity and the perfect grasp of local customs and speech manifested in his writing. It wasn't until The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), that he was recognized by the literary establishment as one of the greatest writers America would ever produce. Toward the end of his life, plagued by personal tragedy and financial failure, Twain grew more and more cynical and pessimistic. Though his fame continued to widen--Yale and Oxford awarded him honorary degrees--he spent his last years in gloom and desperation, but he lives on in American letters as "the Lincoln of our literature."


Reviews

Goodreads review by Federico on December 09, 2023

Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn conquer the world. Mississippi River, 1840’s. Two young little rascals get together after school. Hijinks ensue on every turn. Pranks, adventures, fence painting, murder. An innocent novel, an immortal classic. I just wish there was more Tom and Becky. Classics are oft......more

Goodreads review by Lisa of Troy on January 26, 2025

Adventures of Tom Sawyer is laugh out loud hilarious! My favorite scene is when Tom shares his medicine with Peter the Cat, and the cat knocks over everything in the room. When his Aunt asks him about what happened, he says oh that’s just how cats are. My second favorite scene is when Tom blurts out t......more

Goodreads review by Tim on April 05, 2021

"He was not the Model Boy of the village. He knew the model boy very well though--and loathed him." "No, his mind is not for rent To any god or government. Always hopeful, yet discontent He knows changes aren’t permanent – But change is" Well, what is there to say about this one? It's one of those nove......more

Goodreads review by Always on February 14, 2020

My coworker and my boyfriend made fun of me when I was reading this because apparently it's written for children and they both read it when younger. I have nothing to say in my defense, I didn't know I don't know most things if that isn't obvious by now. On a related note I probably would have enjoy......more