Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Twain M.

The story of the American writer Mark Twain (1835-1910) “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer”-the most “hooligan” and a cheerful children's book of the XIX century. Such she remained today - almost 150 years later. There are exciting adventures: life on the island, exposure of the murder, searching for a treasure-intertwined with the mischief and fantasies of the rival boy. And all this is written with good humor, love and sincerity.

The author said that the book was written not only for children, but also for adults: he wanted to “remind them of what they themselves were once, that that they were, that They felt, thought how they talked and what strange adventures sometimes got involved. ” Indeed, in the heroes of the story you can see yourself, your children's leprosy, experiences, suffering, friendship, love, resentment, tricks - all that is close to a reader of any age and at any time.

The work is printed in the translation of Russian Children's poet and writer Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky (1882-1969).

for secondary school age.