Full Description
Enriched Classics offer readers accessible editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and commentary. Each book includes educational tools alongside the text, enabling students and readers alike to gain a deeper and more developed understanding of the writer and their work.
Originally published in 1876, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is the classic tale of a carefree and courageous boy's coming-of-age in a rural Mississippi River town. Tom and his best friend, Huckleberry Finn, are two of literature's most enduring and treasured creations.
Enriched Classics enhance your engagement by introducing and explaining the historical and cultural significance of the work, the author's personal history, and what impact this book had on subsequent scholarship. Each book includes discussion questions that help clarify and reinforce major themes and reading recommendations for further research.
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Contents
Contents
Introduction
Tom Plays, Fights, and Hides
The Glorious Whitewasher
Busy at War and Love
Showing Off in Sunday School
The Pinch Bug and His Prey
Tom Meets Becky
Tick-Running and a Heartbreak
A Pirate Bold to Be
Tragedy in the Graveyard
Dire Prophecy of the Howling Dog
Conscience Racks Tom
The Cat and the Painkiller
The Pirate Crew Set Sail
Happy Camp of the Freebooters
Tom's Stealthy Visit Home
First Pipes -- "I've Lost My Knife"
Pirates at Their Own Funeral
Tom Reveals His Dream Secret
The Cruelty of "I Didn't Think"
Tom Takes Becky's Punishment
Eloquence -- and the Master's Gilded Dome
Huck Finn Quotes Scripture
The Salvation of Muff Potter
Splendid Days and Fearsome Nights
Seeking the Buried Treasure
Real Robbers Seize the Box of Gold
Trembling on the Trail
In the Lair of Injun Joe
Huck Saves the Widow
Tom and Becky in the Cave
Found and Lost Again
"Turn Out! They're Found!"
The Fate of Injun Joe
Floods of Gold
Respectable Huck Joins the Gang
Literary Allusions and Notes
Critical Excerpts
Mark Twain on The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Suggestions for Further Reading
