{"product_id":"mark-twains-the-adventures-of-tom-sawyer-paperback","title":"Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlan Gribben\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eIrene Wong\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Translated Dialect Edition of Mark Twain's \u003cem\u003eThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer, \u003c\/em\u003efully annotated and illustrated with over 100 of True Williams's original drawings, is the most enjoyable edition of this novel ever published. Adulthood is a remote prospect to the youths of a riverside village who whitewash a fence, attend school and church, play Robin Hood, experience puppy love, witness a murder, raft on the Mississippi River, skylark on an island, attend their own funerals, get lost in a cave, and find buried treasure. \u003cem\u003eTom Sawyer\u003c\/em\u003e is the book that introduces Huckleberry Finn, who will narrate his own story as a masterful sequel to this rollicking, nostalgic fantasy about boyhood. \u003c\/p\u003eVastly more critical commentary has been devoted to \u003cem\u003eAdventures of Huckleberry Finn\u003c\/em\u003e than to \u003cem\u003eThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer\u003c\/em\u003e. It is easy to understand why. An adult narrator tells Tom Sawyer's story, and all of it takes place in a small village. When Mark Twain had the inspiration to feature an outcast boy from that novel for a sequel, he wisely let Huckleberry Finn relate, in his own priceless voice, the hazardous adventures he undergoes after leaving St. Petersburg. All the same, readers who jump into Huck's weightier story without first meeting the cast of characters in \u003cem\u003eTom Sawyer\u003c\/em\u003e are starting \u003cem\u003ein medias res\u003c\/em\u003e, cheating themselves of the simpler warm-up book before undertaking a complex and rewarding spin-off masterpiece, and defeating Mark Twain's plan to produce an integral chronicle in two volumes. (He would attempt additional sequels, but those lacked the magic of these first books.) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.57 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 07, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43159913300031,"sku":"9781961938137","price":43.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/69We3tD0R49781961938137.webp?v=1777002805","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/mark-twains-the-adventures-of-tom-sawyer-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}