One of the most irrepressible and exuberant characters in the history of literature, Tom Sawyer explodes onto the page in a whirl of bad behaviour and incredible adventures. Whether he is heaving clods of earth at his brother, faking a gangrenous toe, or trying to convince the world that he is dead, Tom's infectious energy and good humour shine through. 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 Tom Sawyer features an afterword by playwright and screenwriter Peter Harness.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

For deft plotting, riotous inventiveness, unforgettable characters, and language that brilliantly captures the lively rhythms of American speech, no American writer comes close to Mark Twain. This sparkling anthology covers the entire span of Twain’s inimitable yarn-spinning, from his early broad comedy to the biting satire of his later years.Every one of his sixty stories is here: ranging from the frontier humor of “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,” to the bitter vision of humankind in “The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg,” to the delightful hilarity of “Is He Living or Is He Dead?” Surging with Twain’s ebullient wit and penetrating insight into the follies of human nature, this volume is a vibrant summation of the career of–in the words of H. L. Mencken–“the father of our national literature.”

Contes

This is Mark Twain's imaginative series of diary entries by Adam and Eve. At first, Adam is puzzled by this new arrival, Eve, in the garden, and he is suspicious of her disturbing appetite for fruit. Eve, believing herself to be some sort of experiment, is curious about another experiment in the garden, perhaps some sort of reptile or possibly architecture. Eve gives names to everything, much to Adam's annoyance. He tries to ignore her, so she seeks companionship among the animals particularly with a certain snake. Adam and Eve grow to love each other and, in the end, an elderly Adam is filled with a realization of that love as he stands at Eve's grave.

La Vie Privée D'adam Et Eve

Menacé par la civilisation autant que par les rossées d'un père ivrogne, Huckleberry Finn, qui fait partie de la "bande de voleurs„ organisée par Tom Sawyer, prend la fuite et entreprend avec Jim, le Noir de miss Watson, un grand voyage vers la liberté. Se succèdent alors, dans la vallée du Mississippi, aventures et épisodes comiques à travers lesquels le héros de Twain fait l'apprentissage des maux de l'âme et de la société. Plus qu'un roman sur l'esclavage, Les Aventures de Huckleberry Finn sont le récit d'une conscience qui s'éveille.

Les Aventures de Huckleberry Finn

En pleine guerre de Cent Ans, dans le petit village lorrain de Domrémy, une jeune enfant rêveuse et mystique prend les armes pour sauver la France. Un de ses amis d'enfance et futur compagnon d'armes, le sieur Louis de Conte, retrace l'épopée, intimement vécue, de l'une des plus grandes figures de l'Histoire de notre nation. Cette biographie romanesque, échevelée, magique, riche de fées comme de batailles, qui laisse la part belle au merveilleux ainsi qu'à un très bel esprit d'enfance, était considérée par l'auteur lui-même comme son chef-d'oeuvre. Le regard tendre que portait Mark Twain sur Jeanne lui inspira des pages d'un lyrisme fervent ; sa sagesse critique, il la réserva à l'évocation de cet âge obscur où régnaient le chaos, le mensonge et la duplicité ; quant à ses flèches ironiques, elles visèrent les personnages secondaires, lâches ou fanfarons, bien trop humains mais toujours hauts en couleur. En outre, le soin qu'il prit à consulter les sources — en particulier les Minutes des procès de condamnation et de réhabilitation de Jeanne d'Arc que venait de publier Jules Quicherat — lui permit de respecter la vérité historique tout en donnant libre cours à son fabuleux talent de conteur. En libérant la figure de Jeanne d'Arc des carcans imposés par la tradition nationale, Twain nous offre en retour, tel un magnifique papillon sorti de sa chrysalide, une véritable héroïne, vertueuse, altruiste, combative, émouvante et d'un bouleversant courage.

La saga de Jeanne d'Arc

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!"

Tom Sawyer

This   carefully crafted ebook: "The Complete 12 Novels of Mark Twain" is formatted   for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.
Table of Contents:
A Tale of Today
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Prince and the Pauper
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
The American Claimant
Tom Sawyer Abroad
Pudd'nhead Wilson
Tom Sawyer, Detective
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc
A Horse's Tale
The Mysterious Stranger
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 - 1910), better known by his pen name Mark   Twain, was an American author and humorist. He wrote The Adventures of Tom   Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), the   latter often called "the Great American Novel."

The Complete 12 Novels of Mark Twain

Tour à tour typographe, pilote sur le Mississippi, chercheur d'or, journaliste et conférencier, l'écrivain Mark Twain (1835-1910), également inventeur, était fasciné par les nouvelles techniques. Il s'essaie ici au périlleux apprentissage de la bicyclette, découvre les propriétés explosives des paratonnerres et lutte avec une machine à écrire dont les défauts semblent l'emporter sur les qualités. Curieux et maladroit, incorrigible et tenace, l'auteur d'Huckleberry Finn livre ici, avec l'humour qui l'a rendu célèbre, un aperçu réjouissant des affres d'un pionnier face aux grandes inventions de son temps.

Dompter la bicyclette et autres déboires

Le mensonge est universel. Nous mentons tous. Nous devons tous mentir. Donc la sagesse consiste à nous entraîner soigneusement à mentir avec sagesse et à propos, à mentir dans un but louable, et non pas dans un nuisible, à mentir pour le bien d'autrui, non pour le nôtre, à mentir sainement, charitablement, humainement, non par cruauté, par méchanceté, par malice, à mentir aimablement et gracieusement, et non pas avec gaucherie et grossièreté, à mentir courageusement, franchement, carrément, la tête haute, et non pas d'une façon détournée et tortueuse, avec un air effrayé, comme si nous étions honteux de notre rôle cependant très noble.

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