01217cam a2200205 4500 1710929256 TxAuBib 20240926120000.0 240926s1992||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u TxAuBib Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. New York : Book of the Month Club, 1992. 293 pages. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (also simply known as Tom Sawyer) is an 1876 novel by Mark Twain about a boy growing up along the Mississippi River. It is set in the 1840s in the town of St. Petersburg, which is based on Hannibal, Missouri, where Twain lived as a boy. In the novel, Tom Sawyer has several adventures, often with his friend Huckleberry Finn. Originally a commercial failure, the book ended up being the best-selling of Twain's works during his lifetime. Though overshadowed by its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the book is considered by many to be a masterpiece of American literature. It was one of the first novels to be written on a typewriter. 20240926. Mississippi river. Missouri. Classic.