The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Mark Twain

"Ever since its publication in 1876, children have been able to read The Adventures of Tom Sawyer with a sense of recognition for the feelings of childhood truly rendered: how Tom finds solace for his unjust treatment at the hands of Aunt Polly by dreaming of running away; or how he loves Becky Thatcher, the sort of simpering little blond girl all boys love, and how he does the absolutely right thing in lying and taking her punishment in school to protect her; or how he and his friends pretend to be pirates or the Merry Men of Sherwood Forest, accurately interrupting their scenarios with arguments about who plays what part and what everyone must say and how they must fight and when they must die." E.L. Doctorow. A classic of American literature. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Mark Twain. Illustrations by Derick Brown. Published 1982 by Purnell Books, Bristol. Approx 5.75 x 8 inches Lovely gilt design on the spine and front cover. Binding is in good shape, all pages intact and present. Page edges appear slightly blemished (see photo). Interior of front panel has remains of probably a label of some kind (see photo).