The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain is an 1876 novel. full ilustrated

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain is an 1876 novel about a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River. It is set in the 1840s in the fictional town of St. Petersburg inspired by Hannibal Missouri where Twain lived as a boy. In the novel Tom Sawyer has several adventures often with his friend Huck. One such adventure Tom's whitewashing of a fence has been adapted into paintings and referenced in other pieces of popular culture. Originally a commercial failure the book ended up being the best selling of any of Twain's works during his lifetime