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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Mark Twain

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Paper book: €24.99

Digital: €5.99

Original publication
1876
Monolingual
12 June 2026
Pages
554
Difficulty
Easy
Genres
Adventure, Children's Literature
Moods
Escape it all, Have a laugh, Feel comforted
Translated from
English

Book summary

On the banks of the Mississippi, Tom Sawyer, a mischievous boy brought up by his Aunt Polly, prefers adventure to school. As a punishment, he has to whitewash a long fence, and he manages to get his friends to hand over their treasures for the right to paint it for him. One night, with his friend Huckleberry Finn, he secretly witnesses a murder in the graveyard.

Running away to an island, a treasure hunt, a cave where you get lost: this is the great novel of a free childhood, funny and a little frightening, and you never forget it.

Full of humour and lively dialogue, it is easy to read in the language you are learning.

The plot

Gestraft laat Tom Sawyer zijn vrienden werken. Tom woont bij zijn tante Polly in een dorp aan de Mississippi. In plaats van naar school is hij gaan zwemmen. Als straf moet hij een lang hek wit verven, op een zaterdag…

The world of the book

Een klein Amerikaans dorp, rond 1840. Het verhaal speelt zich af in een klein dorp in Missouri, aan de Mississippi, de grote rivier van de Verenigde Staten. De kinderen gaan naar school, waar de meester streng is, en…

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