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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain is an 1876 novel about a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River. It is set in the 1840s in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, inspired by Hannibal, Missouri, where Twain lived as a boy. In the novel Tom Sawyer has several adventures, often with his friend Huckleberry Finn. Originally a commercial failure, the book ended up being the best selling of any of Twain's works during his lifetime. Tom Sawyer, an orphan, lives with his Aunt Polly and his half-brother Sid in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, Missouri sometime in the 1840s.

The idealized childhood of this fictional hero, based on Mark Twain's own early life along the banks of the Mississippi, is filled with robust good humor and high-spirited adventures. Yet there is also an in-depth experience of the central South of the 1840s—its dialects, superstitions, and social values. While romping through fun-filled fantasy, Tom Sawyer shows how morally complicated real life can be. In his unabridged reading of the American classic, actor Patrick Fraley crafts 36 authentic "voices" to represent the wide range of Twain's delightful characters.

The original Great American Novel, an incomparable adventure story and a classic of anarchic humour, Twain's masterpiece sees Huckleberry Finn and Jim the slave escape their difficult lives by fleeing down the Mississippi on a raft. There, they find steamships, feuding families, an unlikely Duke and King and vital lessons about the world in which they live. With its unforgettable cast of characters, Hemingway called this 'the best book we've ever had'.

A classic tale of the journeys and challenges faced by young boys unravels in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. The energetic Tom - who lives with his aunt - is frequently made to do things that he simply does not want to do; namely, going to school and to church. His days off are Saturdays, but when he misbehaves, even those are taken away from him by Aunt Polly. Yet after Tom and his friends witness a murder, for whom the wrong person is blamed, his summer of adventures truly begins.

Mark Twain will take you on a captivating journey where you’ll learn from the never-ending escapades, struggles, and relentless search for adventures of Tom Sawyer, a mischievous and good-hearted orphan who lives with his aunt.

Generations of readers and listeners have enjoyed the ingenuous triumphs and feckless mishaps of boyhood days on the Mississippi. This classic of American wit and storytelling introduced Tom Sawyer, Becky Thatcher, Aunt Polly, the Widow Douglas, and many other characters to the world, including, of course the boy who “was cordially hated and dreaded by all the mothers of the town because he was idle and lawless and vulgar and bad—and because all their children admired him so”: Huckleberry Finn.

Was Tom Sawyer und sein Freund Huckleberry Finn in dieser Nacht auf dem Friedhof beobachten, jagt den beiden Jungen einen gehörigen Angstschauer über den Rücken; dem armen Trunkenbold Muff Potter wird ein unheimlicher Mord in die Schuhe geschoben, den er nicht begangen hat.

Tom Sawyer ist seines Lebens nicht mehr sicher: der unheimliche Indianer-Joe schmiedet mörderische Rachepläne. Und er wird keine Ruhe geben bis er sein Ziel erreicht hat. Tom gerät in Panik er muss aus der Stadt fliehen! Doch ein wichtiger Grund spricht dagegen: Becky Thatcher, die Tochter des Richters, in die sich der Junge unsterblich verliebt hat.

Uno dei capolavori della letteratura americana, che riesce a coniugare il gusto per l'avventura a un'esilarante (e nostalgica) vena umoristica...

Mark Twains beliebte Südstaaten-Helden Tom Sawyer und Huckleberry Finn erleben die spannendsten Abenteuer: Sie begeben sich auf Schatzsuche, müssen sich aus einer Höhle befreien und gehen mit einem Floß auf wilde Fahrt. Elke Leger und Maria Seidemann haben die weltberühmten Klassiker behutsam gekürzt und kindgerecht nacherzählt. Ein mitreißender HörSpaß über Freundschaft und Freiheit, einzigartig und charismatisch interpretiert von Katharina Thalbach.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, originally published in 1876, was the first novel written on a typewriter. Mark Twain's lively tale of the scrapes and adventures of boyhood is set in St. Petersburg, Missouri, where Tom Sawyer and his friend Huckleberry Finn have the kinds of adventures many boys can imagine: racing bugs during class, impressing girls (especially Beck Thatcher) with fights and stunts in the schoolyard, getting lost in a cave, and playing pirates on the Mississippi River.

Die lustigen Lausbubengeschichten und Abenteuer von Tom Sawyer und Huckleberry Finn in 6 Kapiteln.

This is the hilarious story of the American Everyboy. Join the society of such unforgettable characters as the miscievous Tom, kindly Aunt Polly, the heart-stoppingly beautiful Becky Thatcher, the malevolent Injun Joe and a free-spirited young lad by the name of Huckleberry Finn.

This humorous and nostalgic novel takes the listener back to the carefree days of boyhood in Hannibal, Missouri, where Mark Twain grew up.

Just what did boys do in a small Midwestern town during the mid-1800s, a time when there were no televisions, no arcades, and no videos? They whitewashed fences, floated down rivers, traded marbles, formed secret societies, smoked pipes, and, on occasion, managed to attend their own funerals.

Who could forget the pranks, the adventures, the sheer fun of Tom Sawyer? It's something every child should experience and every child will love. From Tom's sly trickery with the whitewashed fence - when he cleverly manipulates everyone so they happily do his work for him - to his and Becky Thatcher's calamities in Bat Cave, the enjoyment just never ends.

When Tom and Huck help organize a local cricket race, they think it'll be the highlight of their summer. But trouble shows up in the form of Tom’s mischievous half-brother Sid—and a mysterious, unbeatable cricket. With pride on the line and the whole town watching, Tom must hatch his cleverest plan yet to win a race no one thinks he can.

Tom Sawyer hat es faustdick hinter den Ohren und den Kopf voller Ideen. Mit seinem Schulkameraden Joe, der Richterstochter Becky und dem Straßenjungen Huckleberry Finn erlebt er viele aufregende Abenteuer. So belauscht Tom Diebe, deckt ein Verbrechen auf, wird wilder Pirat, verirrt sich in einer düsteren Höhle, rettet einen Menschen vor dem Tod und findet einen geheimen Schatz.

Mark Twain's classic tale recounts the adventures of the ever resourceful Tom Sawyer and his friend Huckleberry Finn in the little town of St Petersburg, Missouri, on the banks of the Mississippi. A story of robbers, graveyards at midnight, buried treasure, and a deep and mysterious cave, Tom Sawyer has lost none of its power to enthral and delight since it was first published in 1876.

Mark Twain's lively tale of the scrapes and adventures of boyhood is set in Missouri, where Tom Sawyer and his friend Huckleberry Finn have the kinds of adventures many boys can only imagine - along with trying to impress girls, especially Becky Thatcher; fights and stunts in the schoolyard; getting lost (and saved) in a cave; and playing on the Mississippi River.

During a long, hot summer, a young boy’s taste for excitement lands him in and out of trouble. Bing Crosby narrates the coming-of-age tale that made Mark Twain one of America’s best loved novelists with all of Tom’s mischief and fun. Tom catches criminals, gets the girl and carries out hijinks, all with his best friend, Huckleberry Finn, at his side.