The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Mark Twain

• Publisher: Clydesdale
• Year: 2018
• Print ISBN:
  9781945186332
• eBook ISBN:
  9781945186349
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Classics
• Index: Literature

Packaged in handsome, affordable trade editions, Clydesdale Classics is a new series of essential works. From the musings of literary geniuses such as Nathaniel Hawthorne in The Scarlet Letter to the striking personal narrative of Harriet Jacobs in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, this new series is a comprehensive collection of our literary history through the words of the exceptional few.One of Mark Twain's most beloved and respected novels, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer presents a tale of two young boys, their antics and adventures in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, Missouri.Tom, a young boy with a knack for getting into trouble, finds himself and best friend Huck Finn at the center of a very diabolical situation. One night, while Tom and Huck Finn are in a graveyard, they witness a murder. Terrified, they flee from the spot and swear that they will never reveal their secret to anyone. This sets off a chain of events in which Tom and Huck find themselves entangled, with dangerous men in pursuit to track them down.Timeless and read by generation after generation, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is one of Twain's finest novels. Rediscover the adventure with this edition.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Half-Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Preface
• Chapter 1 Y-o-u-u Tom—Aunt Polly Decides Upon her Duty—Tom Practices Music—The Challenge—A Private Entrance
• Chapter 2 Strong Temptations—Strategic Movements—The Innocents Beguiled
• Chapter 3 Tom as a General—Triumph and Reward—Dismal Felicity—Commission and Omission
• Chapter 4 Mental Acrobatics—Attending Sunday—School—The Superintendent—“Showing off”—Tom Lionized
• Chapter 5 A Useful Minister—In Church—The Climax
• Chapter 6 Self-Examination—Dentistry—The Midnight Charm—Witches and Devils—Cautious Approaches—Happy Hours
• Chapter 7 A Treaty Entered Into—Early Lessons—A Mistake Made
• Chapter 8 Tom Decides on his Course—Old Scenes Re-enacted
• Chapter 9 A Solemn Situation—Grave Subjects Introduced—Injun Joe Explains
• Chapter 10 The Solemn Oath—Terror Brings Repentance—Mental Punishment
• Chapter 11 Muff Potter Comes Himself—Tom’s Conscience at Work
• Chapter 12 Tom Shows his Generosity—Aunt Polly Weakens
• Chapter 13 The Young Pirates—Going to the Rendezvous—The Camp—Fire Talk
• Chapter 14 Camp-Life—A Sensation—Tom Steals Away from Camp
• Chapter 15 Tom Reconnoiters—Learns the Situation—Reports at Camp
• Chapter 16 A Day’s Amusements—Tom Reveals a Secret—The Pirates take a Lesson —A Night Surprise—An Indian War
• Chapter 17 Memories of the Lost Heroes—The Point in Tom’s Secret
• Chapter 18 Tom’s Feelings Investigated—Wonderful Dream—Becky Thatcher Overshadowed—Tom Becomes Jealous—Black Revenge
• Chapter 19 Tom Tells the Truth
• Chapter 20 Becky in a Dilemma—Tom’s Nobility Asserts Itself
• Chapter 21 Youthful Eloquence—Compositions by the Young Ladies—A Lengthy Vision—The Boy’s Vengeance Satisfied
• Chapter 22 Tom’s Confidence Betrayed—Expects Signal Punishment
• Chapter 23 Old Muff’s Friends—Muff Potter in Court—Muff Potter Saved
• Chapter 24 Tom as the Village Hero—Days of Splendor and Nights of Horror—Pursuit of Injun Joe
• Chapter 25 About Kings and Diamonds—Search for the Treasure—Dead People and Ghosts
• Chapter 26 The Haunted House—Sleepy Ghosts—A Box of Gold—Bitter Luck
• Chapter 27 Doubts to be Settled—The Young Detectives
• Chapter 28 An Attempt at No. Two—Huck Mounts Guard
• Chapter 29 The Pic-nic—Huck on Injun Joe’s Track—The “Revenge” Job—Aid for the Widow
• Chapter 30 The Welchman Reports—Huck Under Fire—The Story Circulated—A New Sensation—Hope Giving Way to Despair
• Chapter 31 An Exploring Expedition—Trouble Commences—Lost in the Cave—Total Darkness—Found but not Saved
• Chapter 32 Tom tells the Story of their Escape—Tom’s Enemy in Safe Quarters
• Chapter 33 The Fate of Injun Joe—Huck and Tom Compare Note—An Expedition to the Cave—Protection Against Ghosts—“An Awful Snug Place”—A Reception at the Widow Douglas’s
• Chapter 34 Springing a Secret—Mr. Jones’ Surprise a Failure
• Chapter 35 A New Order of Things—Poor Huck—New Adventures Planned
• Conclusion