Mark Twain- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Mark Twain- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer



From the famous episodes of the whitewashed fence and the ordeal in
the cave to the trial of Injun Joe, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is
redolent of life in the Mississippi River towns in which Twain spent
his own youth. A somber undercurrent flows through the high humor and
unabashed nostalgia of the novel, however, for beneath the innocence of
childhood lie the inequities of adult reality—base emotions and
superstitions, murder and revenge, starvation and slavery. In his
introduction, noted Twain scholar John Seelye considers Twain’s impact
on American letters and discusses the balance between humorous escapades
and serious concern that is found in much of Twain’s writing.


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