 Front piece of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, 1876, 1st edition | |
| Author | Mark Twain |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Bildungsroman, picaresque novel, satire, folk, children's literature |
| Publisher | American Publishing Company |
Publication date | June 9, 1876[1] |
| Publication place | United States |
| OCLC | 47052486 |
| 813.4 | |
| LC Class | PZ7.T88 Ad 2001 |
| Followed by | Adventures of Huckleberry Finn |
| Text | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer at Wikisource |
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (also simply known as Tom Sawyer) is a picaresque novel by Mark Twain published on 9 June 1876 about a boy, Tom Sawyer, growing up along the Mississippi River. It is set in the 1840s in the town of St. Petersburg, which is based on Hannibal, Missouri, where Twain lived as a boy.[2] In the novel, Sawyer has several adventures, often with his friend Huckleberry Finn. Originally a commercial failure, the book ended up being the best-selling of Twain's works during his lifetime.[3][4] Though overshadowed by its 1885 sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the book is considered by many to be a masterpiece of American literature.[5] It is alleged by Mark Twain to be one of the first novels to be written on a typewriter.[6]
- ^ Facsimile of the original 1st edition.
- ^ "American Literature: Mark Twain". www.americanliterature.com. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- ^ Railton, Stephen. "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer". Mark Twain in His Times. University of Virginia. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ^ Messent, Peter (2007). The Cambridge Introduction to Mark Twain. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781139462273. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ^ "United States History: Mark Twain". Retrieved 28 February 2019.
- ^ Paine, Albert Bigelow. Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete The Personal And Literary Life Of Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Retrieved 27 December 2023.