Mark Twain Quotes. Mark Twain Biography. An adventurer and wily intellectual, Mark Twain wrote the classic American novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Synopsis Born on November 30, 1835, in Florida, Missouri, Samuel L. Clemens wrote under the pen name Mark Twain and went on to pen several novels, including two major classics of American literature, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. He was also a riverboat pilot, journalist, lecturer, entrepreneur and inventor. Twain died on April 21, 1910, in Redding, Connecticut. Early Life Writing grand tales about Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn and the mighty Mississippi River, Mark Twain explored the American soul with wit, buoyancy, and a sharp eye for truth.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by his pen name, Mark Twain, was born on November 30, 1835, in the tiny village of Florida, Missouri, the sixth child of John and Jane Clemens. Sam Clemens lived in Hannibal from age 4 to age 17. Life in Hannibal Heading Out West. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER, By Twain, Complete. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain is an 1876 novel about a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River. The story is set in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, inspired by Hannibal, Missouri, where Twain lived.[2] Summary[edit] Tom Sawyer lived with his Aunt Polly and his half-brother, Sid.
Tom dirties his clothes in a fight and is made to whitewash the fence the next day, as a punishment. Tom falls in love with Becky Thatcher, a new girl in town, and persuades her to get "engaged" by kissing him. Tom, Huck, and Joe Harper run away to an island. Back in school, Tom gets himself back in Becky's favor after he nobly accepts the blame for a book she has ripped. Summer arrives, and Tom and Huck go hunting for buried treasure in a haunted house. As Tom and Becky wander the extensive cave complex for the next few days, Tom one day accidentally encounters Injun Joe, although the boy is not seen by his nemesis.
Sequels and other works featuring Tom Sawyer[edit] Film and Television.