num_pages: 256
description: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer , by Mark Twain , is part of the Barnes &amp; Noble Classics   series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes &amp; Noble Classics : All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes &amp; Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influences—biographical, historical, and literary—to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.   Perhaps the best-loved nineteenth-century American novel, Mark Twain ’s tale of boyhood adventure overflows with comedy, warmth, and slapstick energy. It brings to life an array of irresistible characters—the awesomely self-confident Tom, his best buddy Huck Finn, indulgent Aunt Polly, and the lovely, beguiling Becky—as well as such unforgettable incidents as whitewashing a fence, swearing an oath in blood, and getting lost in a dark and labyrinthine cave. Below Tom Sawyer’s sunny surface lurk hints of a darker reality, of youthful innocence and naïveté confronting the cruelty, hypocrisy, and foolishness of the adult world—a theme that would become more pronounced in Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn . Despite such suggestions, Tom Sawyer remains Twain’s joyful ode to the endless possibilities of childhood.   H. Daniel Peck is John Guy Vassar Professor of English at Vassar College and is the author of Thoreau’s Morning Work and A World by The Pastoral Moment in Cooper’s Fiction .
language: English
title: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
titlecomplete: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
characters: Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn
genres: Classics, Adventure, American, Childrens, Young Adult, Novels, School, Historical Fiction, Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 908810
places: Missouri, Hannibal, Missouri
series: Adventures of Tom and Huck
awards: awardedAt: -94665600000
name: Lewis Carroll Shelf Award
publisher: Barnes & Noble Classics