“Saturday morning was come, and all the summer world was bright and fresh, and brimming with life. There was a song in every heart; and if the heart was young the music issued at the lips. There was cheer in every face and spring in every step. The locus trees were in bloom and the fragrance of the blossoms filled the air. Cardiff Hill, beyond the village and above it, was green with vegetation, and it lay just far enough away to see a Delectable Land, dreamy, reposeful, and inviting. Tom appear...

“Dear Rowan,You are a big boy now so I hope you will enjoy these adventures.Love Mrs Hammond.Christmas 1997"Growing up, I lived the opposite end of the state to my grandparents. I missed their everyday presence. Next door lived an elderly couple – The Hammonds. They despised each other, yet were always friendly to us. Their grandchildren lived interstate, and because of this, we filled a void in each other’s lives. Mrs Hammond often made appearances on birthdays or Christmases with a small gift....

Adventures of Tom Sawyer is laugh out loud hilarious!My favorite scene is when Tom shares his medicine with Peter the Cat, and the cat knocks over everything in the room. When his Aunt asks him about what happened, he says oh that’s just how cats are.My second favorite scene is when Tom blurts out the first two disciples. This book induces feelings of nostalgia, back to simpler times, filled with innocence, when children are filled with self-confidence. They haven’t yet become self-conscious, do...

"He was not the Model Boy of the village. He knew the model boy very well though--and loathed him." "No, his mind is not for rentTo any god or government.Always hopeful, yet discontentHe knows changes aren’t permanent –But change is" Well, what is there to say about this one? It's one of those novels that is so prominent in pop culture that even if you have not read it you likely know scenes from it (Tom convincing others to paint a fence has been recreated and parodied how many times?). It’s a...

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, published by Samuel Langhorne Clemens, (Mark Twain) in 1876, is a most engaging children’s book. It describes an American boy’s childhood in a rural Southern town in the 19th century. I read this many years ago, and always promised myself that I’d read it again, and you know something? It didn’t disappoint. There’s a reason that it’s a classic. Just lovely.

So, my daughter just started reading Tom Sawyer for the very first time, and I am jealous of her! First of all, she can read it in original, while I read it in translation as a child. Second, I wish I could still have that immediate, surprised response to the silly situations. About every five minutes, she comes into my room, reading out loud some funny quotes, making the scenes come alive in my memory again. The fight between the two boys threatening with their fake big brothers, followed by th...

Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn conquer the world. Mississippi River, 1840’s. Two young little rascals get together after school. Hijinks ensue on every turn. Pranks, adventures, fence painting, murder.An innocent novel, an immortal classic. I just wish there was more Tom and Becky.Classics are often difficult, but this one was on the whole fairly enjoyable and easy to read.It’s public domain. You can find it HERE.Still remaining, the movie (1938).----------------------------------------------...

Tom Sawyer was so young… I was so young… I envied him… Such a romantic life…Every step ends in the adventure… Even whitewashing the fence brings joy…Tom appeared on the sidewalk with a bucket of whitewash and a long-handled brush. He surveyed the fence, and all gladness left him and a deep melancholy settled down upon his spirit. Thirty yards of board fence, nine feet high. Life to him seemed hollow, and existence but a burden.No need to worry… All the fun is about to begin…And such a great rive...

I was five and a half years old when my mother gave me The Adventures of Tom Sawyer as a New Year's gift (she is a literature teacher, and I have been reading novels since the tender age of four or so, and so it seemed appropriate).Being a diligent and serious¹ child (neither of those qualities have stuck with me, unfortunately), I opened it to page 1 and started reading. I even took it with me to kindergarten, where other kids were learning letters and I was mercifully allowed to read hefty tom...

Update All we need now is a "lost" manuscript by Twain to be found by some lawyer with the story being about an adult Tom Sawyer and this book being the one the editor "forced" Twain to write. I know you are probably thinking that is taking Harper Lee's Go Set a Watchman to far, but what if that was just the beginning of a new initiative from publishers. It could be the latest fashion now no-one is interested in vampires any more?__________What happened to Tom after he grew up was asked in a rev...