The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Author: Guy Cardwell, Beverly Lyon Clark, Frederique Voulyze, Garrick Hagon, Claire Fletcher
Category: Fiction/Literature
ISBN: 9780688075101
Format : Hardcover
Publisher : William Morrow & Co

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Though TOM SAWYER, Twain`s other coming-of-age tale, has much in common with HUCKLEBERRY FINN, including some of the characters, its hero is not the maverick iconoclast that Huck Finn is. As Twain traces the comic adventures of the inventive young Tom, he effectively and lovingly recreates the pastoral world of his own Hannibal, Missouri, childhood, including a portrait of his brother Henry (who died young in a shipboard explosion) as Tom`s younger brother, Sid. Because Tom Sawyer`s battles with prim conformity are always innocent and uncontroversial, the novel is not a ground-breaking masterpiece like HUCKEBERRY FINN. It is essentially a book for young readers--and a great one.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ( ISBN 9780688075101 )

Driftless Books

Viola, WI, U.S.A.
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From Publishers Weekly Available in slightly differing "male" and "female" editions, the narrative purports to be the historical record of the Khazars, a fictional Indo-European tribe that vanished in the 10th century. "Pavic is a 20th-century Scheherazade," acknowledged PW "Readers who are intrigued by literary conundrums will enjoy entering this magical world with Pavic as their guide." Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library Journal Christina Pribicevic-Zoric. LC 88-45262. $19.95. f Yugoslav writer Pavic assures us that the Khazars were a nomadic people who settled near the Black Sea in the 7th century A.D. "But their origins remain unknown and all traces of them have vanished." A thousand years later a Polish printer incorporated surviving knowledge of the Khazars into a dictionaryalmost all copies of which were burned by the Inquisition. Pavic's interlocking series of witty and fantastic tales purports to update that edition, but by now all "facts" about the forgotten nation are doubly conjectural. As if the truth weren't problematic enough already, Pavic has even produced his lexicon in "male" and "female" versions differing by only a few (highly significant!) words. This congeries will delight readers of Borges and Calvino, although libraries will need to buy both editions to satisfy them.Grove Koger, Boise P.L., Id. Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. See all Editorial Reviews minor stains on page edges, waterstain on first few page sides,minor chipping on back cover top corner, last few pages, otherwise clean unmarked copy Edition: Male Edition. 352pp.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ( ISBN 9780688075101 )

WebBookStore

Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A.
Price : 14 USD
Brand new, not a remainder, no marks. As published by Vintage. Paperback edition.352 pages. Book Size: Length: 8 inches, Width 4 Height inches 0.76 Inches. Book weight: 0.72 pounds. This book will require no additional postage. Orders processed on AbeBooks Monday - Friday and ships 6 days a week. Synopsis: A national bestseller, Dictionary of the Khazars was cited by The New York Times Book Review as one of the best books of the year. Written in two versions, male and female (both available in Vintage International), which are identical save for seventeen crucial lines, Dictionary is the imaginary book of knowledge of the Khazars, a people who flourished somewhere beyond Transylvania between the seventh and ninth centuries. Eschewing conventional narrative and plot, this lexicon novel combines the dictionaries of the world's three major religions with entries that leap between past and future, featuring three unruly wise men, a book printed in poison ink, suicide by mirrors, a chimerical princess, a sect of priests who can infiltrate one's dreams, romances between the living and the dead, and much more. 13 Digit ISBN number: 9780679724612. 10 Digit ISBN: 0679724613.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ( ISBN 9780688075101 )

Abraxus Books

Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Price : 16 USD
A national bestseller, Dictionary of the Khazars was cited by The New York Times Book Review as one of the best books of the year. Written in two versions, male and female (both available in Vintage International), which are identical save for seventeen crucial lines, Dictionary is the imaginary book of knowledge of the Khazars, a people who flourished somewhere beyond Transylvania between the seventh and ninth centuries. Eschewing conventional narrative and plot, this lexicon novel combines the dictionaries of the world's three major religions with entries that leap between past and future, featuring three unruly wise men, a book printed in poison ink, suicide by mirrors, a chimerical princess, a sect of priests who can infiltrate one's dreams, romances between the living and the dead, and much more.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ( ISBN 9780688075101 )

Blackwell Online

Blackwood, NJ, U.S.A.
Price : 16 USD
*** NEW COPY *** TITLE SHIPPED FROM US *** Pages: 352, A national bestseller, Dictionary of the Khazars was cited by The New York Times Book Review as one of the best books of the year. Written in two versions, male and female (both available in Vintage International), which are identical save for seventeen crucial lines, Dictionary is the imaginary book of knowledge of the Khazars, a people who flourished somewhere beyond Transylvania between the seventh and ninth centuries. Eschewing conventional narrative and plot, this lexicon novel combines the dictionaries of the world's three major religions with entries that leap between past and future, featuring three unruly wise men, a book printed in poison ink, suicide by mirrors, a chimerical princess, a sect of priests who can infiltrate one's dreams, romances between the living and the dead, and much more.

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