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Tom Sawyer is a mischievous young boy who lives in the town of St. Petersburg, Missouri with his Aunt Polly and half-brother Sid. He with his friend Huckleberry Finn accidentally witnesses a murder. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a series of exciting events: both friends identify Injun Joe, the real murderer, in the court, and testify to the innocent person who is wrongly accused. In the beginning of novel, Tom Sawyer is caught stealing jam from the jar and narrowly escapes being hit. His life is full of adventurous episodes. He along with Huckleberry Finn witnesses a trio of grave robbers in the graveyard at night. Then being struck by the idea of appearing at his own funeral, he hunts for buried treasure in a haunted house with Huck. He falls in love with Becky Thatcher and enjoys the new found freedom. Tom pursues Becky and persuades her to get engaged by kissing him. Their romance soon collapses when she discovers that Tom was engaged to another school girl. The book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer has been widely adapted into feature films and television series.
With The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain presents a sharp social commentary on 19th-century American life through mocking satire, humour, colloquial speech and uncouth language. His notable works are: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer & Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer came out in 1869.
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Mark Twain (1835–1910)
A legendary American writer and humourist, Mark Twain authored twenty eight books and many sketches and short stories. His real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910). He was born and brought up in the American state of Missouri. He left school to earn his living when he was only twelve following the death of his father. He was a great adventurer and travelled around America. He returned to his native place to become a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River. The Civil War put an end to steam-boating and Clemens joined the Confederate army. He was already engaged in newspaper reporting and became a successful journalist. He started to use the alias Mark Twain during the Civil War and this pen name made him a famous travel writer.
Mark Twain was nostalgic about his childhood and in 1876 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer was published, based on his own experiences. The book was soon recognised as a work of genius. Mark Twain was soon famous all over the world. He earned money from writing and lost it on a typesetter he invented. He then made another fortune and lost it on a bad investment. He was an impetuous, hot-tempered man but was also quite sentimental and superstitious. Twain was born when Halley’s Comet was passing the Earth and he always believed he would die when the comet returned – the same happened exactly.
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