Summary
Mark Twain: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
"Although I primarily wanted to entertain boys and girls with this book, I hope that men and women will not reject it because I wanted to use it in a humorous way to remind adults what they once were, how they felt, how they thought and spoke, how they themselves sometimes embarked on strange adventures." - Mark Twain
Tom was not a village role model. But he knew and despised the exemplary boy well. In two minutes, or even less, he forgot all his troubles. Not because his troubles were easier and more bearable for him than they were for his grown-up man, but because the new and irresistible amusement temporarily overcame them and drove them out of his mind, just as people forget old worries in the excitement of a new venture.
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