FROM THE COVER:
Perhaps the best-loved nineteenth-century American novel, Mark Twain's tale of boyhood adventure overflows with comedy, warmth, and slapstick energy. It offers an array of irresistible characters: the awesomely self-confident Tom, his best buddy Huck Finn, indulgent Aunt Polly, and the lovely, beguiling Becky--and unforgettable incidents: whitewashing the fence, swearing an oath in blood, getting lost in a dark and labyrinthine cave. Below Tom Sawyer's sunny surface lurks hints of a darker reality, of youthful innocence and naivete confronting the cruelty, hypocrisy, and foolishness of the adult world-a theme that would become more pronounced in Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Despite this, Tom Sawyer remains Twain's joyful ode to the endless possibilities of childhood.

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