The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: Illustrated (Faber Classic)

Download or read book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: Illustrated (Faber Classic) written by Mark Twain and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-08 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain is an 1876 novel about a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River. It is set in the 1840 in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, inspired by Hannibal, Missouri, where Twain lived as a boy. In the novel Tom Sawyer has several adventures, often with his friend Huckleberry Finn. Originally a commercial failure, the book ended up being the best selling of any of Twain's works during his lifetime. Though overshadowed by its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the book is by many considered a masterpiece of American literature, and was one of the first novels to be written on a typewriter.