The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

<b>The classic boyhood adventure tale updated with a new introduction by noted Mark Twain scholar R. Kent Rasmussen. <b>Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s <i>The Great American Read</i></b></b><br><br>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.<br><br>For more than seventy years Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1700 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. &quot;Twain had a greater effect than any other writer on the evolution of American prose.&quot; <b>Mark Twain </b>(1835–1910) was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in Florida Missouri. Starting out as typesetter he went on to work as a steamboat pilot prospector and journalist before publishing his first major book <i>The Innocents Abroad.</i><br><br><b>R. Kent Rasmussen</b> is the author or editor of nine books on Mark Twain including the award-winning <i>Mark Twain A to Z</i> as well as more than a dozen other books. He lives in Southern California. <p>The exploits of Tom Sawyer a consummate prankster with a quick wit captivate children of all ages. Yet through the novel's humorous escapades from the episodes of the whitewashed fence and the ordeal in the cave to the trial of Injun Joe Mark Twain explores deeper themes within the adult world Tom will one day join. These include the baser human instincts of dishonesty and superstition murder and revenge starvation and slavery.<br><br>This edition features a new introduction and notes by leading Mark Twain scholar R. Kent Rasmussen.</p>