The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a novel by Mark Twain published on June 9, 1876, about a boy, Tom Sawyer, growing up along the Mississippi River. It is set in the 1830s–1840s in the town of St. Peters
Frontispiece of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, 1876, first edition
Tom Sawyer, 1972 US commemorative stamp showing the whitewashed fence
Frontispiece and title page of the first American edition
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a picaresque novel by American author Mark Twain that was first published in the United Kingdom in December 1884 and in the United States in February 1885. It is comm
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
…Finn. Originally a commercial failure, the book ended up being the best-selling of Twain's works during his lifetime. Along with its 1885 sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the book is considered by many to be a masterpiece of American literature. It was alleged by Mark Twain to be one of the first novels to be written…
2nd (1st US) edition book cover
Huckleberry Finn, as depicted by E. W. Kemble in the original 1884 edition of the book
Jim and Huck on their raft, by E. W. Kemble
In this scene illustrated by E. W. Kemble, Jim has given Huck up for dead and when he reappears thinks he must be a ghost.