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Bluwr X Commons: Mark Twain
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Bluwr X Commons: Mark Twain

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), (pen name: Mark Twain), was an acclaimed American American humorist, journalist, lecturer, and novelist. Among his most recognizable works are the novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884). “The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.” - Mark Twain
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THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER - PREFACE

Bluwr X Commons: Mark Twain, 6 mon.
- Short Stories -
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.