THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER

Mark Twain 지음 | True Williams 그림

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"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain is a novel written in the mid-19th century. The book follows the adventurous life of a young boy named Tom Sawyer as he navigates childhood mischief, friendships, and his moral compass in a small American town along the Mississippi River. At the start of the story, we are introduced to Tom Sawyer as he eludes the watchful eye of his Aunt Polly, who is both exasperated and amused by his antics. The opening scenes depict Tom's mischievous nature, including his clever escape from punishment and his interactions with other children, particularly a new boy that ignites Tom's competitive spirit. The reader quickly gets a sense of Tom's personality: he's adventurous, clever, and often mischievous, setting the stage for the humorous and sometimes poignant escapades that follow in the tale.

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CHAPTER I
Y-o-u-u Tom—Aunt Polly Decides Upon her Duty—Tom Practices Music—The Challenge—A Private Entrance
CHAPTER II
Strong Temptations—Strategic Movements—The Innocents Beguiled
CHAPTER III
Tom as a General—Triumph and Reward—Dismal Felicity—Commission and Omission
CHAPTER IV
Mental Acrobatics—Attending Sunday—School—The Superintendent—“Showing off”—Tom Lionized
CHAPTER V
A Useful Minister—In Church—The Climax
CHAPTER VI
Self-Examination—Dentistry—The Midnight Charm—Witches and Devils—Cautious Approaches—Happy Hours
CHAPTER VII
A Treaty Entered Into—Early Lessons—A Mistake Made
CHAPTER VIII
Tom Decides on his Course—Old Scenes Re-enacted
CHAPTER IX
A Solemn Situation—Grave Subjects Introduced—Injun Joe Explains
CHAPTER X
The Solemn Oath—Terror Brings Repentance—Mental Punishment
CHAPTER XI
Muff Potter Comes Himself—Tom’s Conscience at Work
CHAPTER XII
Tom Shows his Generosity—Aunt Polly Weakens
CHAPTER XIII
The Young Pirates—Going to the Rendezvous—The Camp—Fire Talk
CHAPTER XIV
Camp-Life—A Sensation—Tom Steals Away from Camp
CHAPTER XV
Tom Reconnoiters—Learns the Situation—Reports at Camp
CHAPTER XVI
A Day’s Amusements—Tom Reveals a Secret—The Pirates take a Lesson —A Night Surprise—An Indian War
CHAPTER XVII
Memories of the Lost Heroes—The Point in Tom’s Secret
CHAPTER XVIII
Tom’s Feelings Investigated—Wonderful Dream—Becky Thatcher Overshadowed—Tom Becomes Jealous—Black Revenge
CHAPTER XIX
Tom Tells the Truth
CHAPTER XX
Becky in a Dilemma—Tom’s Nobility Asserts Itself
CHAPTER XXI
Youthful Eloquence—Compositions by the Young Ladies—A Lengthy Vision—The Boy’s Vengeance Satisfied
CHAPTER XXII
Tom’s Confidence Betrayed—Expects Signal Punishment
CHAPTER XXIII
Old Muff’s Friends—Muff Potter in Court—Muff Potter Saved
CHAPTER XXIV
Tom as the Village Hero—Days of Splendor and Nights of Horror—Pursuit of Injun Joe
CHAPTER XXV
About Kings and Diamonds—Search for the Treasure—Dead People and Ghosts
CHAPTER XXVI
The Haunted House—Sleepy Ghosts—A Box of Gold—Bitter Luck
CHAPTER XXVII
Doubts to be Settled—The Young Detectives
CHAPTER XXVIII
An Attempt at No. Two—Huck Mounts Guard
CHAPTER XXIX
The Pic-nic—Huck on Injun Joe’s Track—The “Revenge” Job—Aid for the Widow
CHAPTER XXX
The Welshman Reports—Huck Under Fire—The Story Circulated—A New Sensation—Hope Giving Way to Despair
CHAPTER XXXI
An Exploring Expedition—Trouble Commences—Lost in the Cave—Total Darkness—Found but not Saved
CHAPTER XXXII
Tom tells the Story of their Escape—Tom’s Enemy in Safe Quarters
CHAPTER XXXIII
The Fate of Injun Joe—Huck and Tom Compare Notes—An Expedition to the Cave—Protection Against Ghosts—“An Awful Snug Place”—A Reception at the Widow Douglas’s
CHAPTER XXXIV
Springing a Secret—Mr. Jones’ Surprise a Failure
CHAPTER XXXV
A New Order of Things—Poor Huck—New Adventures Planned

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저자(글) Mark Twain

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835~1910), known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced", with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature". Twain's novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), with the latter often called the "Great American Novel". He also wrote A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) and Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894) and cowrote The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (1873) with Charles Dudley Warner. The novelist Ernest Hemingway claimed that "All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn."
Twain was raised in Hannibal, Missouri, which later provided the setting for both Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. He served an apprenticeship with a printer early in his career, and then worked as a typesetter, contributing articles to his older brother Orion Clemens' newspaper. Twain then became a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River, which provided him the material for Life on the Mississippi (1883). Soon after, Twain headed west to join Orion in Nevada. He referred humorously to his lack of success at mining, turning to journalism for the Virginia City Territorial Enterprise.
Twain first achieved success as a writer with the humorous story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," which was published in 1865; it was based on a story that he heard at the Angels Hotel in Angels Camp, California, where Twain had spent some time while he was working as a miner. The short story brought Twain international attention. He wrote both fiction and non-fiction. As his fame grew, Twain became a much sought-after speaker. His wit and satire, both in prose and in speech, earned praise from critics and peers, and Twain was a friend to presidents, artists, industrialists, and European royalty.
Although Twain initially spoke out in favor of American interests in the Hawaiian Islands, he later reversed his position, going on to become vice president of the American Anti-Imperialist League from 1901 until his death in 1910, coming out strongly against the Philippine–American War and American colonialism. Twain published a satirical pamphlet, "King Leopold's Soliloquy", in 1905 about Belgian atrocities in the Congo Free State.
Twain earned a great deal of money from his writing and lectures, but invested in ventures that lost most of it, such as the Paige Compositor, a mechanical typesetter that failed because of its complexity and imprecision. He filed for bankruptcy in the wake of these financial setbacks, but in time overcame his financial troubles with the help of Standard Oil executive Henry Huttleston Rogers. Twain eventually paid all his creditors in full, even though his declaration of bankruptcy meant he was not required to do so. One hundred years after his death, the first volume of his autobiography was published.
Twain was born shortly after an appearance of Halley's Comet and predicted that his death would accompany it as well, writing in 1909: "I came in with Halley's Comet in 1835; it's coming again next year, and I expect to go out with it. It would be a great disappointment in my life if I don't. The Almighty has said, no doubt: 'Now here are these two unaccountable freaks; they came in together, they must go out together.'" He died of a heart attack the day after the comet was at its closest to the Sun.

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