Oxford World's Classics: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Softcover

"The Oxford editions are charming--thank you."--Josephine Treuschler, College of Notre Dame "This is much-needed publication: as clear, readable text of Tom Sawyer which is affordable also. The textual notes are very good, and Lee Mitchell's introduction is simply splendid."--Randal Allred, Brigham Young University--Hawaii "A very readable text."--E.N. Feltskog, University of Wisconsin "Important and useful to have a new scholarly edition of what is more than a preface to Huckleberry Finn."--Benjamin S. Lawson, Albany State College "A welcome addition to an impressive, attractive series."--Kenneth Lee Taylor, University of Maine at Presque Isle "A very well-edited text."--Robert Barton, Rutgers University "Excellent and handsome."--Benjamin Franklin, University of South Carolina "Lee Mitchell's introduction is a valuable contribution to criticism."--Robert Reyan, University of Pennsylvania "The Oxford editions are charming--thank you."--Josephine Treuschler, College of Notre Dame "This is much-needed publication: as clear, readable text of Tom Sawyer which is affordable also. The textual notes are very good, and Lee Mitchell's introduction is simply splendid."--Randal Allred, Brigham Young University--Hawaii "A very readable text."--E.N. Feltskog, University of Wisconsin "Important and useful to have a new scholarly edition of what is more than a preface to Huckleberry Finn."--Benjamin S. Lawson, Albany State College "A welcome addition to an impressive, attractive series."--Kenneth Lee Taylor, University of Maine at Presque Isle "A very well-edited text."--Robert Barton, Rutgers University "Excellent and handsome."--Benjamin Franklin, University of South Carolina "Lee Mitchell's introduction is a valuable contribution to criticism."--Robert Reyan, University of Pennsylvania "The Oxford editions are charming--thank you."--Josephine Treuschler, College of Notre Dame "This is much-needed publication: as clear, readable text of Tom Sawyer which is affordable also. The textual notes are very good, and Lee Mitchell's introduction is simply splendid."--Randal Allred, Brigham Young University--Hawaii "A very readable text."--E.N. Feltskog, University of Wisconsin "Important and useful to have a new scholarly edition of what is more than a preface to Huckleberry Finn."--Benjamin S. Lawson, Albany State College "A welcome addition to an impressive, attractive series."--Kenneth Lee Taylor, University of Maine at Presque Isle "A very well-edited text."--Robert Barton, Rutgers University "Excellent and handsome."--Benjamin Franklin, University of South Carolina "Lee Mitchell's introduction is a valuable contribution to criticism."--Robert Reyan, University of Pennsylvania "The Oxford editions are charming--thank you."--Josephine Treuschler, College of Notre Dame "This is much-needed publication: as clear, readable text of Tom Sawyer which is affordable also. The textual notes are very good, and Lee Mitchell's introduction is simply splendid."--Randal Allred, Brigham Young University--Hawaii "A very readable text."--E.N. Feltskog, University of Wisconsin "Important and useful to have a new scholarly edition of what is more than a preface to Huckleberry Finn."--Benjamin S. Lawson, Albany State College "A welcome addition to an impressive, attractive series."--Kenneth Lee Taylor, University of Maine at Presque Isle "A very well-edited text."--Robert Barton, Rutgers University "Excellent and handsome."--Benjamin Franklin, University of South Carolina "Lee Mitchell's introduction is a valuable contribution to criticism."--Robert Reyan, University of Pennsylvania

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) is Mark Twain's most popular book, and its hero is a national icon, celebrated as a distinctively American figure both at home and abroad. Tom Sawyer's bold spirit, winsome smile, and inventive solutions to the problems of everyday life in fictional St Petersburg - whether getting his friends to whitewash a fence for him, or escaping the demands of his vigilant Aunt Polly - have won him the hearts of generations. The very success of Mark Twains's first novel has obscured its contradictions and the extent to which the author's response to contemporary cultural developments was a mixed one. Tom Sawyer is not only a deft comedy and a powerful celebration of childhood. It also reflects how Mark Twain was in the process of finding his distinctive voice, a voice with which he could express the conflicts he felt about coming of age in America.