description: Featured title on PBS's The Great American Read in 2018Mark Twain’s classic coming-of-age novel that captured the imagination of AmericaGenerations of readers and listeners have enjoyed the ingenuous triumphs and feckless mishaps of boyhood days on the Mississippi. This classic of American wit and storytelling introduced Tom Sawyer, Becky Thatcher, Aunt Polly, the Widow Douglas, and many other characters to the world, including, of course the boy who “was cordially hated and dreaded by all the mothers of the town because he was idle and lawless and vulgar and bad—and because all their children admired him so”: Huckleberry Finn.This novel is part of Brilliance Audio’s extensive Classic Collection, bringing you timeless masterpieces that you and your family are sure to love.
language: English
title: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
titlecomplete: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
characters: Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer
genres: Fiction, American, Adventure, School, Young Adult, Literature, Classics, Novels, Childrens, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 908837
places: Missouri, Hannibal, Missouri
series: Adventures of Tom and Huck
awards: awardedAt: -94665600000
name: Lewis Carroll Shelf Award
publisher: Brilliance Audio