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Mark Twain is perhaps the most widely read and enjoyed of all our national writers. Tom Sawyer, according to Twain, "is simply a hymn put into prose form to give it a worldly air," a book in which nostalgia is so strong that it dissolves the tensions and perplexities that assert themselves in the later works. It is filled with comic and melodramatic adventure, with horseplay and poetic evocations of scenery, and with characters who have become central to American mythology.
For almost thirty years, The Library of America has presented America's best and most significant writing in acclaimed hardcover editions. Now, a new series, Library of America Paperback Classics, offers attractive and affordable books that bring The Library of America's authoritative texts within easy reach of every reader. Each book features an introductory essay by one of a leading writer, as well as a detailed chronology of the author's life and career, an essay on the choice and history of the text, and notes.
The contents of this Paperback Classic are drawn from Mark Twain: Mississippi Writings, volume number 5 in the Library of America series. It is joined in the series by six companion volumes, gathering the collected works of Mark Twain.


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Mark Twain was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in Florida, Missouri, in 1835, and died at Redding, Connecticut in 1910. In his person and in his pursuits he was a man of extraordinary contrasts. Although he left school at twelve when his father died, he was eventually awarded honorary degrees from Yale University, the University of Missouri, and Oxford University. His career encompassed such varied occupations as printer, Mississippi riverboat pilot, journalist, travel writer, and publisher. He made fortunes from his writing but toward the end of his life he had to resort to lecture tours to pay his debts. He was hot-tempered, profane, and sentimental—and also pessimistic, cynical, and tortured by self-doubt. His nostalgia helped produce some of his best books. He lives in American letters as a great artist, the writer whom William Dean Howells called “the Lincoln of our literature.”

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Library of America (August 12, 2010)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781598530872
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    Mark Twain is the pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 - 1910). He was born and brought up in the American state of Missouri and, because of his father's death, he left school to earn his living when he was only twelve. He was a great adventurer and travelled round America as a printer; prospected for gold and set off for South America to earn his fortune. He returned to become a steam-boat pilot on the Mississippi River, close to where he had grown up. The Civil War put an end to steam-boating and Clemens briefly joined the Confederate army - although the rest of his family were Unionists! He had already tried his hand at newspaper reporting and now became a successful journalist. He started to use the alias Mark Twain during the Civil War and it was under this pen name that he became a famous travel writer. He took the name from his steam-boat days - it was the river pilots' cry to let their men know that the water was two fathoms deep.

    Mark Twain was always nostalgic about his childhood and in 1876 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer was published, based on his own experiences. The book was soon recognised as a work of genius and eight years later the sequel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, was published. The great writer Ernest Hemingway claimed that 'All modern literature stems from this one book.'

    Mark Twain was soon famous all over the world. He made a fortune from writing and lost it on a typesetter he invented. He then made another fortune and lost it on a bad investment. He was an impulsive, hot-tempered man but was also quite sentimental and superstitious. He was born when Halley's Comet was passing the Earth and always believed he would die when it returned - this is exactly what happened.

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Penny Gajan
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5.0 out of 5 stars Best book I ever read
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I am 64 and had not read this book since I was in school. I never finished it then. I was riveted to my chair while reading it last month. I felt like I was part of the adventure. There is so much humor in this book. I ordered Huck Finn with this book but Huck Finn came first so I ended up reading Tom Sawyer second. I wished I had read it first. You cannot go wrong with this American Classic.
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I remembered reading this book in grade school. It was nice to read it again.
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This book has your standard cover, it does not have a textured leathery or otherwise palpable cover. It is the normal smooth thin cardboard paperback cover. To me the picture makes it seem otherwise.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Young or old this is a great read!!
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This book is always on the top 25 list of greatest books ever written and that's not surprising because it truly is fantastic but unlike most of the other books on the top 25 list you don't need to be in college to enjoy this one. I read this book both in Jr. High school and college and it was just as good both times.
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My son read all of the Great Illustrated Classics when he was young...bought this to start my Grandson out with them, and he is enjoying the story (and recognized a reference to the "whitewashing" scene in a television show). I have early readers...reading these at 5 years old. At that age, they focus on sounding out the words, so comprehension can be lost--I counter that with taking turns reading pages (so they can listen while I read), and I love that half of the pages in these series are pictures (which also helps them visualize and ultimately improves comprehension).

When my son was 6, we took him to Samuel Clemmens' (Mark Twain) hometown of Hannibal, Missouri. Best vacation ever! Priceless when we took a steamboat ride on the Mississippi River, and he saw an island--and lit up when he realized it was "Jackson Island" from the story. They also have a cave tour (also in the story). They have extra activities (frog jumping and whitewashing contests, etc) during the 4th of July week. Don't forget to also read "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."
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5.0 out of 5 stars the best book we've had!
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"The best book we've had", that's what Hemingway wrote about this classic novel. Certainly modern American literature has been greatly influenced by this book. Like many others, I had read this when I was younger. I recently re-read it and was reminded of Twain's colorful description of the people and areas along the Mississippi River. Highly recommended.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Adventure
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Mark Twain spins a good tale. Even though i had read Tom Sawyer years ago I found that the tale still had some twist and turns I had forgotten. The plot keeps moving and gives us insight into the thing called life. all in all a worthwhile reread.
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Arrivage rapide. Sur 4 livres, celui là avait la couverture complètement pliée. Super pour un cadeau de Noël...
Je n'ai pas le temps de faire un retour et attendre un nouveau donc je devrais m'en contenter mais bof quoi !
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