Tom Sawyer. Title card and preface.
Preface.
MOST of the adventures recorded in this book really occurred; one or two were experiences of my own, the rest those of boys who were schoolmates of mine. Huck Finn is drawn from life; Tom Sawyer also, but not from an individual -- he is a combination of the characteristics of three boys whom I knew, and therefore belongs to the composite order of architecture.
The odd superstitions touched upon were all prevalent among children and slaves in the West at the period of this story -- that is to say, thirty or forty years ago.
Although my book is intended mainly for the entertainment of boys and girls, I hope it will not be shunned by men and women on that account, for part of my plan has been to try to pleasantly remind adults of what they once were themselves, and of how they felt and thought and talked, and what queer enterprises they sometimes engaged in.
The Author,
Hartford, 1876.
Preface.
MOST of the adventures recorded in this book really occurred; one or two were experiences of my own, the rest those of boys who were schoolmates of mine. Huck Finn is drawn from life; Tom Sawyer also, but not from an individual -- he is a combination of the characteristics of three boys whom I knew, and therefore belongs to the composite order of architecture.
The odd superstitions touched upon were all prevalent among children and slaves in the West at the period of this story -- that is to say, thirty or forty years ago.
Although my book is intended mainly for the entertainment of boys and girls, I hope it will not be shunned by men and women on that account, for part of my plan has been to try to pleasantly remind adults of what they once were themselves, and of how they felt and thought and talked, and what queer enterprises they sometimes engaged in.
The Author,
Hartford, 1876.
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Text source: Acknowledgments and copyrights.
This stack is a standard Seven ebook of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, written by Mark Twain (pseudonym for Samuel Clemens.) It contains the complete text in the original language. There are no other additional notes included in this edition. The text was taken from the 1993 Gutenberg Project release of the Internet Wiretap edition, and then edited and rearranged into Seven format by Michael Presky in 1995. It is standard ASCII text in Mac format.
Acknowledgements quoted from the Gutenberg release:
Gutenberg Etext, released August 1993 .
"The INTERNET WIRETAP First Electronic Edition of THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER BY MARK TWAIN (Samuel L. Clemens). Electronic Edition by. Released to the public July 1993.
"This Etext has been copyright cleared by Project Gutenberg with the cooperation of Internet Wiretap and Tom Dell who should get all the credit for this edition, and who are an inspiration for the entire Etext community."
The folks at the Gutenberg Project also deserve commendation for their outstanding work in promoting both electronic publishing and world literature.
This stack is a standard Seven ebook of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, written by Mark Twain (pseudonym for Samuel Clemens.) It contains the complete text in the original language. There are no other additional notes included in this edition. The text was taken from the 1993 Gutenberg Project release of the Internet Wiretap edition, and then edited and rearranged into Seven format by Michael Presky in 1995. It is standard ASCII text in Mac format.
Acknowledgements quoted from the Gutenberg release:
Gutenberg Etext, released August 1993 .
"The INTERNET WIRETAP First Electronic Edition of THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER BY MARK TWAIN (Samuel L. Clemens). Electronic Edition by
"This Etext has been copyright cleared by Project Gutenberg with the cooperation of Internet Wiretap and Tom Dell who should get all the credit for this edition, and who are an inspiration for the entire Etext community."
The folks at the Gutenberg Project also deserve commendation for their outstanding work in promoting both electronic publishing and world literature.
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