| The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Enriched Classi Edition Contributor(s): Twain, Mark (Author) |
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ISBN: 1416500227 ISBN-13: 9781416500223 Publisher: Simon & Schuster OUR PRICE: $5.39 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2005 Annotation: ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP The classic tale of a carefree and courageous boy's coming-of-age in a rural Mississippi River town. EACH ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES: - A concise introduction that gives readers important background information - A chronology of the author's life and work - A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context - An outline of key themes and plot points to help readers form their own interpretations - Detailed explanatory notes - Critical analysis, including contemporary and modern perspectives on the work - Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction - A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experience Enriched Classics offer readers affordable editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and insightful commentary. The scholarship provided in Enriched Classics enables readers to appreciate, understand, and enjoy the world's finest books to their full potential. SERIES EDITED BY CYNTHIA BRANTLEY JOHNSON |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Action & Adventure |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 970 |
| Series: Enriched Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 4.32" W x 6.86" (0.35 lbs) 336 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Enriched Classics offer readers accessible editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and commentary. Each book includes educational tools alongside the text, enabling students and readers alike to gain a deeper and more developed understanding of the writer and their work. Originally published in 1876, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is the classic tale of a carefree and courageous boy's coming-of-age in a rural Mississippi River town. Tom and his best friend, Huckleberry Finn, are two of literature's most enduring and treasured creations. Enriched Classics enhance your engagement by introducing and explaining the historical and cultural significance of the work, the author's personal history, and what impact this book had on subsequent scholarship. Each book includes discussion questions that help clarify and reinforce major themes and reading recommendations for further research. Read with confidence. |
Contributor Bio(s): Twain, Mark: - Mark Twain was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens. His humorous tales of human nature, especially The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), remain standard texts in high school and college literature classes. Twain was born and died in years in which Halley's Comet passed by Earth: 1835 and 1910. |