Roughing It is a book of semi-autobiographical travel literature by Mark Twain.

It was written in 1870-71 and published in 1872, as a prequel to his first travel book The Innocents Abroad (1869).

The book follows the travels of young Mark Twain through the Wild West during the years 1861-1867.

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Roughing it

The mischievous Tom Sawyer and his friends, Jim, Becky, and Huckleberry Finn, find adventure and intrigue everywhere they go in this classic American novel. Together, Tom and his friends embark on treasure hunts, escapades down the Mississippi River, and they even get caught up in a murder case. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is the first of Mark Twain's classic novels featuring the now iconic characters of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. The beloved characters return in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer Abroad, and Tom Sawyer, Detective. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.

The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer revolves around the youthful adventures of the novel's schoolboy protagonist, Thomas Sawyer, whose reputation precedes him for causing mischief and strife. Tom lives with his Aunt Polly, half-brother Sid, and cousin Mary in the quaint town of St. Petersburg, just off the shore of the Mississippi River. St. Petersburg is described as a typical small-town atmosphere where the Christian faith is predominant, the social network is close-knit, and familiarity resides.  Unlike his brother Sid, Tom receives "lickings" from his Aunt Polly; ever the mischief-maker, would rather play hooky than attend school and often sneaks out his bedroom window at night to adventure with his friend, Huckleberry Finn ­ the town's social outcast. Tom, despite his dread of schooling, is extremely clever and would normally get away with his pranks if Sid were not such a "tattle-tale."  As punishment for skipping school to go swimming, Aunt Polly assigns Tom the chore of whitewashing the fence surrounding the house. In a brilliant scheme, Tom is able to con the neighborhood boys into completing the chore for him, managing to convince them of the joys of whitewashing. At school, Tom is equally as flamboyant, and attracts attention by chasing other boys, yelling, and running around. With his usual antics, Tom attempts to catch the eye of Becky Thatcher, a new girl in town, and persuades her to get "engaged" by kissing him. But their romance collapses when she learns Tom has been "engaged" previously to Amy Lawrence. Shortly after Becky shuns him, he accompanies Huckleberry Finn to the graveyard at night, where they witness the murder of Dr. Robinson.Excerpt:"TOM!" No answer. "TOM!" No answer. "What's gone with that boy,  I wonder? You TOM!" No answer. The old lady pulled her spectacles down and looked over them about the room; then she put them up and looked out under them. She seldom or never looked through them for so small a thing as a boy; they were her state pair, the pride of her heart, and were built for "style," not service—she could have seen through a pair of stove-lids just as well. She looked perplexed for a moment, and then said, not fiercely, but still loud enough for the furniture to hear: "Well, I lay if I get hold of you I'll—" She did not finish, for by this time she was bending down and punching under the bed with the broom, and so she needed breath to punctuate the punches with. She resurrected nothing but the cat. "I never did see the beat of that boy!"

Les Aventures de Tom Sawyer

Mark Twain nous décrit les frasques et mésaventures de Tom Sawyer, un petit garçon d'une dizaine d'années à l'esprit vif et débordant d'imagination. La ville de Saint Petersburg, sur le Mississippi, est le théâtre de ces aventures. Tom et son demi-frère Sidsont élevé par sa tante Polly à la suite de la mort de ses parents. Tom ne loupe pas une occasion de se distinguer pour plaire à la jolie Becky, et il est toujours prêt pour vivre des aventures en compagnie de son inséparable ami Huckleberry Finn, fils de l'ivrogne du village. Un soir dans un cimetière, Tom et Huck sont témoins d'un meurtre. Muff Potter est accusé du crime, mais Tom et Huck savent que le véritable assassin est Joe l'Indien...

Les aventures de Tom Sawyer

All of Mark Twain's classic American adventure stories featuring his most beloved characters, Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, are brought together in the Ultimate Tom Sawyer and Friends Collection. In The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Tom, Huckleberry Finn, Jim and Becky find themselves in amusing and sometimes dangerous adventures. The friends' mischief continues in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer, Detective, and Tom Sawyer Abroad. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn are considered to be among the greatest American novels, and have captured the hearts of readers, old and young alike, since they were first published over a century ago. Twain's timeless stories have been adapted numerous times for stage and film, and have inspired other literary and musical works. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.

Ultimate Tom Sawyer And Friends Collection

Le Journal d'Eve et d'Adam est une œuvre singulière, débordante d'humanité ; d'une humanité qui se construit, de celle définie par le regard croisé d'une Femme et d'un Homme, prototypes incarnés des sentiments les plus communs, vierges de toutes malignités et d'une naïveté touchante.L'élégance de style et l'humour tranche sur l'absence d'atavisme, le primitivisme originel des deux personnages et leur soif irrépressible de découverte du Monde et de l'Autre. En quelques pages, l'auteur restitue deux psychologies contradictoires, sexuées, qui pourtant, au terme d'errements et de doutes partagés, triomphent de leurs natures et se révèlent être définitivement complémentaires.

Journal d'Adam et journal d'Eve

Rien n'arrête le révérend Smiley quand il s'agit de parier. Il parie sur les courses d'animaux - chiens, coqs, chats ou chevaux - et même sur la mort des à venir des uns et des autres.

On dit qu'un jour, il éleva dans son arrière-cour une grenouille, lui apprit à sauter comme aucune ne sautait, puis la transporta dans une boîte dans toute la ville, décidé à parier et gagner... 

Il s'agit du tout premier conte de Mark Twain, celui-là même par lequel il acquit une reconnaissance nationale et un nom d'exception dans la littérature américaine. James Russell Lowell lui-même qualifia le texte de « plus beau morceau d'humour écrit en Amérique ».

Mark Twain (1835-1910) est le nom de plume de Samuel Langhorne Clemens, écrivain, essayiste et humoriste américain. Il devient imprimeur suite au décès de son père puis exerce le métier de journaliste, qui le mène à voyager en Europe en tant que correspondant de presse. Son enfance au Missouri a grandement influencé ses ouvres, des classiques de la littérature de jeunesse. Ses histoires ont été adaptées de nombreuses fois, avec par exemple le film « Les Aventures de Huckleberry Finn » (1994), avec Elijah Wood, et l'animation Disney « Le Prince et le Pauvre » (1990).

La Célèbre Grenouille Sauteuse du Comté de Calaveras

Tom sawer n.edition

Nostalgic and melancholy in equal measure, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is a razor-sharp satire of the antebellum South that, despite beginning life as a sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, is now seen in its own right as one of the most important of all American novels. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn features an afterword by playwright and screenwriter Peter Harness. Rather than be 'sivilized' by the Widow Douglas, Huckleberry Finn - the grubby but good-natured son of a local drunk - sets off with Jim, an escaped slave, to find freedom on the Mississippi river. With the law on their tail, they navigate a world of robbers, slave hunters and con men, and Huck must choose between what society says is 'right' and his own burgeoning understanding of Jim's friendship and humanity.

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