Other editions of book Tom Sawyer

Tom Sawyer is as much at home in the respectable world of his aunt Sally as he is in the self-reliant and parentless world of his friend Huck Finn. The tow boys enjoy a series of adventures; witnessing a murder, establishing the innocence of the man wrongly accused, and being hunted by Injun Joe, the true murderer. Huckleberry Finn recounts the further adventures of Huck. Escaping from his drunken and brutal father, Huck meets the fugitive slave Jim. Together they float down the Mississippi on a raft, sharing the lives of the people they meet and witnessing corruption, moral decay and intellectual impoverishment. Sharing so much in character and background, these two stories, indisputably Twain's best, belong together in one volume. The vivid writing provides a profound insight into provincial nineteenth century American life and the institution of slavery.