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| The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Penguin Classics) | 
 enlarge | Author: Mark Twain
Creator: John Seelye
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Category: Book
List Price: £6.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 47206
Media: Paperback
Edition: New edition
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5 x 0.6
ISBN: 0143039563
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.4
EAN: 9780143039563
ASIN: 0143039563
Publication Date: January 25, 2007
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 A classic to pick up again July 31, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Although Twain intended the novel mainly for young readers, it has to be admitted that his literary style and references to contemporary life will make it hard going for today's child reader.
Thousands of adults will enjoy coming back to the work, however, epecially if they have not read it since they were children themselves. What comes over most vividly is a boy's zest for life and adventure, and the freedom that boys apparently enjoyed in that era, and as another reader has pointed out, the degree of superstition among young and old. In this respect, however, one has only to read the earlier novels of Thomas Hardy to appreciate that superstition was equally rampant in England at the same time.
It is not only Twain's ability to create boyish adventure that continues to charm us; it is also his ability to smile at the nature of boys, and to make his readers smile too.
 A classic January 5, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
For some reason I decided to re-read this over Christmas (I hadn't read it since I was at school) and I'm so glad I did because it was much more fun and far more interesting and perceptive than I remembered.
It draws a picture of a time and place I know little about but seemed utterly convincing and I was really struck by the amount of superstition the characters in the book displayed - adults as well as children. Parts of it reminded me of my own childhood (in Essex - a long way from the Mississippi!), parts of it were very touching and parts of it were laugh out loud funny.
It's a gentle read, and the writing is both stylish and wry. I'm going to re-read Huck Finn as soon as I get time!
I thought this book was ok April 22, 1999
1 out of 14 found this review helpful
This book was one where u had to understand the time period it was written in and also the authors writing.
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