The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Mark Twain

• Publisher: Race Point Publishing
• Year: 2016
• eBook ISBN: 9781627889438
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Classics
• Index: Literature

Rediscover the classic American tale or join Tom Sawyer's adventures on for the first time.

A favorite among young readers and adults alike, Mark Twain's TheAdventures of Tom Sawyer, first published in 1876, is considered to one of the great novels about American adolescence along with its sequel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

Tom Sawyer is a young orphan living with his half brother Sid at their Aunt Polly's house. A bad apple in school, he resists all efforts at correction, except when it comes to courting the lovely Becky Thatcher. Along with his buddy Huck Finn, Tom fools around, plays practical jokes and causes trouble--until the day when the two witness a murder.

Many readers see The Adventures of Tom Sawyer as a children's book, however there are shades to this tale that even adults who return to the story may have missed.

Complete and unabridged, this elegantly designed, clothbound edition features an elastic closure and a new introduction by Sarah Kerman.

The Knickerbocker Classics bring together the essential works of classic authors from around the world in stunning editions to be collected and enjoyed.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Contents
• INTRODUCTION
• PREFACE
• I. Y-O-U-U TOM—AUNT POLLY DECIDES UPON HER DUTY—TOM PRACTICES MUSIC—THE CHALLENGE—A PRIVATE ENTRANCE
• II. STRONG TEMPTATIONS—STRATEGIC MOVEMENTS—THE INNOCENTS BEGUILED
• III. TOM AS A GENERAL—TRIUMPH AND REWARD—DISMAL FELICITY—COMMISSION AND OMISSION
• IV. MENTAL ACROBATICS—ATTENDING SUNDAY SCHOOL—THE SUPERINTENDENT—“SHOWING OFF”—TOM LIONIZED
• V. A USEFUL MINISTER—IN CHURCH—THE CLIMAX
• VI. SELF-EXAMINATION—DENTISTRY—THE MIDNIGHT CHARM—WITCHES AND DEVILS—CAUTIOUS APPROACHES—HAPPY HOURS
• VII. A TREATY ENTERED INTO—EARLY LESSONS—A MISTAKE MADE
• VIII. TOM DECIDES ON HIS COURSE—OLD SCENES RE-ENACTED
• IX. A SOLEMN SITUATION—GRAVE SUBJECTS INTRODUCED—INJUN JOE EXPLAINS
• X. A SOLEMN OATH—TERROR BRINGS REPENTANCE—MENTAL PUNISHMENT
• XI. MUFF POTTER COMES HIMSELF—TOM’S CONSCIENCE AT WORK
• XII. TOM SHOWS HIS GENEROSITY—AUNT POLLY WEAKENS
• XIII. THE YOUNG PIRATES—GOING TO THE RENDEZVOUS—THE CAMPFIRE TALK
• XIV. CAMP LIFE—A SENSATION—TOM STEALS AWAY FROM CAMP
• XV. TOM RECONNOITERS—LEARNS THE SITUATION—REPORTS AT CAMP
• XVI. A DAY’S AMUSEMENTS—TOM REVEALS A SECRET—THE PIRATES TAKE A LESSON—A NIGHT SURPRISE—AN INDIAN WAR
• XVII. MEMORIES OF THE LOST HEROES—THE POINT IN TOM’S SECRET
• XVIII. TOM’S FEELINGS INVESTIGATED—WONDERFUL DREAM—BECKY THATCHER OVERSHADOWED—TOM BECOMES JEALOUS—BLACK REVENGE
• XIX. TOM TELLS THE TRUTH
• XX. BECKY IN A DILEMMA—TOM’S NOBILITY ASSERTS ITSELF
• XXI. YOUTHFUL ELOQUENCE—COMPOSITIONS BY THE YOUNG LADIES—A LENGTHY VISION—THE BOY’S VENGEANCE SATISFIED
• XXII. TOM’S CONFIDENCE BETRAYED—EXPECTS SIGNAL PUNISHMENT
• XXIII. OLD MUFF’S FRIENDS—MUFF POTTER IN COURT—MUFF POTTER SAVED
• XXIV. TOM AS THE VILLAGE HERO—DAYS OF SPLENDOR AND NIGHTS OF HORROR—PURSUIT OF INJUN JOE
• XXV. ABOUT KINGS AND DIAMONDS—SEARCH FOR THE TREASURE—DEAD PEOPLE AND GHOSTS
• XXVI. THE HAUNTED HOUSE—SLEEPY GHOSTS—A BOX OF GOLD—BITTER LUCK
• XXVII. DOUBTS TO BE SETTLED—THE YOUNG DETECTIVES
• XXVIII. AN ATTEMPT AT NO. TWO—HUCK MOUNTS GUARD
• XXIX. THE PICNIC—HUCK ON INJUN JOE’S TRACK—THE “REVENGE” JOB—AID FOR THE WIDOW
• XXX. THE WELSHMAN REPORTS—HUCK UNDER FIRE—THE STORY CIRCULATED—A NEW SENSATION—HOPE GIVING WAY TO DESPAIR
• XXXI. AN EXPLORING EXPEDITION—TROUBLE COMMENCES—LOST IN THE CAVE—TOTAL DARKNESS—FOUND BUT NOT SAVED
• XXXII. TOM TELLS THE STORY OF THEIR ESCAPE—TOM’S ENEMY IN SAFE QUARTERS
• XXXIII. THE FATE OF INJUN JOE—HUCK AND TOM COMPARE NOTES—AN EXPEDITION TO THE CAVE—PROTECTION AGAINST GHOSTS—“AN AWFUL SNUG PLACE”—A RECEPTION AT THE WIDOW DOUGLAS’S
• XXXIV. SPRINGING A SECRET—MR. JONES’S SURPRISE—A FAILURE
• XXXV. A NEW ORDER OF THINGS—POOR HUCK—NEW ADVENTURES PLANNED
• CONCLUSION
• THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MARK TWAIN
• REVIEWS AND NOTICES
• FURTHER READING