Tom Sawyer's Adventures

Author: Mark Twain (USA), annotated by Wu Fang
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Publish Date: 2004-04-01
Features: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is one of Mark Twain's most popular and beloved children's novels. According to the American publishing company that published this book, it sold 30,000 copies within two months of its release. By 1904, its total circulation had exceeded 2 million copies, ranking first among all of Mark Twain's works in terms of sales. This book is primarily an entertainment read for teenagers and young adults. The story takes place in a small American frontier town called Petersburg before the Civil War. The young protagonist, Tom Sawyer, moves in with his stepbrother Sid after his mother's death and lives with Aunt Polly. Aunt Polly and her cousin Mary are very kind to him, but Tom is smart, mischievous, has a wide range of interests, is curious, loves to imagine, and cannot tolerate Aunt Polly's restrictions and the rigid rules of school. Due to his mischievous behavior, he is punished by Aunt Polly to paint the fence, but he turns it into a joy, luring other children like Ben Rogers and his gang to compete for various gifts in exchange for the chance to paint the fence. Later, Tom convinces Huck to stay with the widow by offering him the chance to join his gang.