A WORD ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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THINKING AHEAD

THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER

(An extract)

When we think about school, it awakes tender feelings in our hearts. Usually it happens so because we used to be quite young and perceptive to everything good and kind. Our teachers provided us with this wonderful feeling. Yet school can sometimes become a place where triviality and boredom rule. As a result a show of student ability can turn into something else. This is what happens in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

Mark Twain was the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, American author and humorist. Twain is most noted for his novels The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which has since been called the great American novel, and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. During his lifetime, he became a friend to presidents, artists, industrialists, and European royalty. Twain enjoyed immense public popularity. His keen wit and biting satire earned him praise from both critics and peers. William Faulkner called Twain “the father of American literature”.

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