The novel represents Twain's first attempt at historical fiction. Set in 1547, it tells the story of two young boys who are identical in appearance: Tom Canty, a pauper who lives with his abusive father in Offal Court off Pudding Lane in London, and Prince Edward, son of King Henry VIII.

The Prince and the Pauper

This   carefully crafted ebook: "The Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain" is   formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of   contents.
The Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain is a collection of 169 short   stories by the author.  All the tales   he wrote over the course of his lengthy career are gathered here, including   such immortal classics as "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,"   "The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg," "The Diary of Adam and Eve," and   "The $30,000 Bequest." Twain's inimitable wit, his nimble plotting, and his   unerring insight into human nature are on full display in these wonderfully   entertaining stories. 
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 Short Stories of Mark Twain

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

Le privilège de la tombe. Son occupant possède un privilège que n'exerce aucune personne vivante : la liberté de parole. Non pas que l'homme vivant en soit dépourvu, mais dans la mesure où il le possède qu'à titre formel et qu'il estime avoir mieux à faire que de s'en servir, il ne paraît pas sérieux de considérer qu'il est réellement en sa possession. En tant que privilège actif, il peut être rangé à côté de celui de commettre un meurtre : nous pouvons l'exercer si nous acceptons d'en assumer les conséquences. Le meurtre est interdit en théorie comme en pratique ; la liberté de parole est autorisée en théorie mais interdite en pratique. Le meurtre est parfois puni, la liberté de parole toujours - quand elle est perpétrée. Mark Twain Mark Twain (1835-1910) est un satiriste hors pair. Un siècle après sa disparition, il n'a rien perdu de sa vivacité et de sa tonicité.

La liberté de parole

Escrita por Mark Twain en 1876, "Las aventuras de Tom Sawyer" es considerada una de las obras maestras de la literatura. Twain narra en ella las venturas y desventuras del pequeño huérfano Tom Sawyer, en una apacible pueblo a orillas del río Mississippi. Una historia imprescindible para jóvenes y no tan jóvenes que transportará al lector al ambiente estadounidense de mediados del siglo XIX.

Las aventuras de Tom Sawyer

Ce matin-là, la campagne anglaise offrait un aspect radieux. Sur une hauteur se dresse une masse imposante : c'est le château de Cholmondeley qui, avec ses tours antiques et ses murs revêtus de lierre, évoque le souvenir vivant de la féodalité du moyen âge. Ce château est une des nombreuses propriétés du duc de Rossmore, chevalier de la Jarretière, grand-croix de l'ordre du Bain, chevalier de Saint-Michel et Saint-Georges, etc., etc., etc. Le duc possède vingt-deux mille acres de terre en Angleterre, tout un quartier de Londres, soit environ deux mille maisons ; pour mener son honorable train de vie, il se contente d'un revenu annuel de deux mille livres.
Fruit d'une sélection réalisée au sein des fonds de la Bibliothèque nationale de France, Collection XIX a pour ambition de faire découvrir des textes classiques et moins classiques dans les meilleures éditions du XIXe siècle.

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