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TOM SAWYER ABROAD - A Sequel to the Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Hardcover
HumorMystery & ThrillerClassic Fiction
ISBN13: 9781515422495
Publisher: Wilder Publications
Published: Apr 3 2018
Pages: 74
Weight: 0.62
Height: 0.31 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Tom Sawyer Abroad continues Mark Twain's adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn in a satirical tale of flight, invention, and misplaced confidence.
Narrated by Huck Finn in his familiar colloquial voice, the novel sends Tom, Huck, and Jim aloft in a runaway balloon that carries them across the Atlantic and into the deserts of North Africa. Along the way, Twain blends parody of contemporary scientific enthusiasm with boyish bravado and comic misunderstanding. The result is less a travel narrative than a playful satire of late nineteenth-century adventure fiction and technological optimism.
Though lighter in tone than Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, this sequel preserves Twain's gift for dialect, irony, and cultural observation. Beneath the humor lies a subtle critique of imperial imagination and the exaggerated claims of modern invention. As part of Twain's broader body of work, Tom Sawyer Abroad reflects his continuing interest in the American appetite for spectacle and exploration.
This Wilder Publications edition presents the complete, unabridged 1894 text.
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