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"When one writes a novel about grown people, he knows exactly where to stop - that is, with a marriage; but when he writes about juveniles, he must stop where he best can." ¿ Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) by Mark Twain is an American classic that takes you on an exciting journey of Tom Sawyer in Southern America before the abolition of slavery in America. The novel depicts the youthful adventures of the young protagonist who embodies the ideal of American youth during the Frontier Era that preceded Industrialization. Tom, a bright mischievous kid,…mehr

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"When one writes a novel about grown people, he knows exactly where to stop - that is, with a marriage; but when he writes about juveniles, he must stop where he best can." ¿ Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) by Mark Twain is an American classic that takes you on an exciting journey of Tom Sawyer in Southern America before the abolition of slavery in America. The novel depicts the youthful adventures of the young protagonist who embodies the ideal of American youth during the Frontier Era that preceded Industrialization. Tom, a bright mischievous kid, goes on various escapades with his friends amidst murders and robberies. Commenting on the American society of those times, this remarkable book offers an engrossing experience for the readers where they will shudder with Tom, laugh with him and also grow with him as individuals.
Autorenporträt
Mark Twain was born in Florida, United States. He was a Humorist, author, and lecturer. He grew up in Hannibal and later moved to California. In a California mining camp, he heard the story that he published in 1865 and made popular as the title story of his first novel, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County and Other Sketches, in 1867. From his humorous stories, The Innocents Abroad (1869) and Roughing It in 1872, to his appearance as a riverboat captain in Life on the Mississippi in 1883, through his adventure stories of childhood, he got a worldwide audience, mainly for Tom Sawyer (1876) and Huckleberry Finn (1885), known as the masterpieces of American fiction. The ironic A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court in 1889. His eldest daughter passed away in 1896, his wife in 1904, and another daughter in 1909. He expressed his depression about the human character in such late works as the after-death published Letters from the Earth (1962).