Readers Digest Best Loved Books for Young Readers

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

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Mark Twain, Carter Smith: Readers Digest Best Loved Books for Young Readers (1989, Choice Publishing, Incorporated)

Hardcover, 136 pages

English language

Published Feb. 8, 1989 by Choice Publishing, Incorporated.

ISBN:
978-0-945260-19-6
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OCLC Number:
45966089

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The adventures and pranks of a mischievous boy growing up in a Mississippi River town in the early nineteenth century. Winner of the 1967 Lewis Carroll Shelf Award

302 editions

Commentary on Boyhood

Obviously archaic language for the modern reader.

An enjoyable read I found slow at times. I think Twain did a great job of portraying childhood - though I'm not sure I'd have enjoyed this book as a kid as much as others I did rate.

I enjoyed the small chunks of plot, and how atmospheric the settings were throughout the book. Twain did an excellent job of portraying childish emotion and motivation.

I'm not sure I perceived the mastery of this work, though.

Subjects

  • People & Places - United States
  • Children's All Ages
  • Juvenile Fiction
  • Literature: Classics