The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

“Plainly here were 'two souls with but a single thought.”The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is an 1876 novel written by Mark Twain. Containing autobiographical elements from Twain’s childhood in Hannibal Missouri the book ended up as the best selling of all of Twain’s works.Set in the fictional town of St. Petersburg the book recounts the many adventures that Tom Sawyer has as he navigates life in 1840s America with his Aunt Polly and halfbrother Sid in tow. Along the way Tom meets Huckleberry Finn who leads him to further mischief.One of the first novels to be written on a typewriter The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a classic masterpiece of American literature.