What is The Adventures of Tom Sawyer?
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) novel, first published in 1876. It introduces the reader to not only the character of Tom, but also to Huckleberry Finn, a significant character in literary history and in the literary canon. Unlike Twain’s 1884 novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which is considered by many to be one of the most important works in American literature, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is often classed as a children’s tale, and not containing the same literary merit of Huckleberry Finn.
