The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Penguin Classics) - Softcover

Twain, Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 014310733X ISBN 13: 9780143107330

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 2014

Synopsis

The classic boyhood adventure tale, updated with a new introduction by noted Mark Twain scholar R. Kent Rasmussen. Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read

A consummate prankster with a quick wit, Tom Sawyer dreams of a bigger fate than simply being a “rich boy.” Yet through the novel’s humorous escapades—from the famous episode of the whitewashed fence to the trial of Injun Joe—Mark Twain explores the deeper themes of the adult world, one of dishonesty and superstition, murder and revenge, starvation and slavery.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

About this title

From the Publisher:

As part of the wonderful Collector's Library Series, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is one of the best-loved children's classics of all time.This attractive volume contains the complete and unabridged story with 8 full color illustrations, plus numerous black & white illustrations throughout. The deluxe edition features a full cloth case, a four color illustrated onlay on the front cover, foil stamping on the front and spine, stained edges on three sides, printed endpapers with book plate, and a satin ribbon marker. This book should have an honored place in any child's library.

From the Back Cover:

A simplified retelling of the classic story of the mischievous 19th-century boy in a Mississippi River town and his friends, Huck Finn and Beckey Thatcher, as they run away from home, witness a murder, and find treasure in a cave.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 014310733X
• ISBN 13: 9780143107330
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272
• Editor: Rasmussen R. Kent