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1 online resource (306 pages) |
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Mark Twain Library |
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Mark Twain Library
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| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Illustrations; Foreword; The Writing of Tom Sawyer; The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; Dedication Page; Preface; 1. Y-o-u-u Tom--Aunt Polly Decides Upon her Duty--Tom Practices Music-The Challenge-A Private Entrance; 2. Strong Temptations--Strategic Movements--The Innocents Beguiled; 3. Tom as a General--Triumph and Reward--Dismal Felicity--Commission and Omission; 4. Mental Acrobatics--Attending Sunday--School--The Superintendent--"Showing off--Tom Lionized; 5. A Useful Minister--In Church--The Climax |
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6. Self-Examination--Dentistry--The Midnight Charm--Witches and Devils--Cautious Approaches--Happy Hours7. A Treaty Entered Into--Early Lessons--A Mistake Made; 8. Tom Decides on his Course--Old Scenes Re-enacted; 9. A Solemn Situation--Grave Subjects Introduced--Injun Joe Explains; 10. The Solemn Oath--Terror Brings Repentance--Mental Punishment; 11. Muff Potter Comes Himself--Tom's Conscience at Work; 12. Tom Shows his Generosity--Aunt Polly Weakens; 13. The Young Pirates--Going to the Rendezvous--The Camp-Fire Talk; 14. Camp-Life--A Sensation--Tom Steals Away from Camp |
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15. Tom Reconnoiters--Learns the Situation--Reports at Camp16. A Day's Amusements--Tom Reveals a Secret--The Pirates take a Lesson--A Night Surprise--An Indian War; 17. Memories of the Lost Heroes--The Point in Tom's Secret; 18. Tom's Feelings Investigated--Wonderful Dream--Becky Thatcher Overshadowed--Tom Becomes Jealous--Black Revenge; 19. Tom Tells the Truth; 20. Becky in a Dilemma--Tom's Nobility Asserts Itself; 21. Youthful Eloquence--Compositions by the Young Ladies--A Lengthy Vision--The Boys' Vengeance Satisfied; 22. Tom's Confidence Betrayed--Expects Signal Punishment |
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23. Old Muff's Friends--Muff Potter in Court--Muff Potter Saved24. Tom as the Village Hero--Days of Splendor and Nights of Horror--Pursuit of Injun Joe; 25. About Kings and Diamonds--Search for the Treasure--Dead People and Ghosts; 26. The Haunted House--Sleepy Ghosts--A Box of Gold--Bitter Luck; 27. Doubts to be Settled--The Young Detectives; 28. An Attempt at No. Two--Huck Mounts Guard; 29. The Pic-nic--Huck on Injun Joe's Track--The "Revenge" Job--Aid for the Widow; 30. The Welchman Reports--Huck Under Fire--The Story Circulated--A New Sensation--Hope Giving Way to Despair |
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31. An Exploring Expedition--Trouble Commences--Lost in the Cave--Total Darkness--Found but not Saved32. Tom tells the Story of their Escape--Tom's Enemy in Safe Quarters; 33. The Fate of Injun Joe--Huck and Tom Compare Notes--An Expedition to the Cave--Protection Against Ghosts--"An Awful Snug Place"--A Reception at the Widow Douglas's; 34. Springing a Secret--Mr. Jones' Surprise a Failure; 35. A New Order of Things--Poor Huck--New Adventures Planned; Conclusion; Explanatory Notes; Sources for Characters; Note on the Text |
| Summary |
This landmark anniversary edition contains a selection of Twain's hard-to-find letters and notes expressing his always-engaging opinions on the publication of Tom Sawyer |
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English |
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Print version record |
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Sawyer, Tom (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
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Sawyer, Tom (Fictitious character) fast |
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Runaway children -- Fiction
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Child witnesses -- Fiction
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Boys -- Fiction
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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Boys
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Child witnesses
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Runaway children
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English.
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Languages & Literatures.
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American Literature.
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Mississippi River Valley -- Fiction
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Missouri -- Fiction
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Mississippi River Valley
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Missouri
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Gerber, John C.
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Baender, Paul.
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Williams, True.
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| ISBN |
9780520946323 |
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0520946324 |
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1280491957 |
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9781280491955 |
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9786613587183 |
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6613587184 |
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