With an Introduction and Notes by Stuart Hutchinson, University of Kent at Canterbury. Tom Sawyer, a shrewd and adventurous boy, is as much at home in the respectable world of his Aunt Polly as in the self-reliant and parentless world of his friend Huck Finn. The two enjoy a series of adventures, accidentally witnessing a murder, establishing the innocence of the man wrongly accused, as well as being hunted by Injun Joe, the true murderer, eventually escaping and finding the ...
Ceci est un roman de Mark Twain, dans lequel Sherlock Holmes se trouve dans l’Ouest américain. Le personnage principal a été insulté, humilié et abandonné par son fiancé Jacob Fuller lors de la naissance de s? enfant. L’enfant était né et s’appelait Archie Stillman. La mere a insisté pour que l’enfant âgé de 16 ans se rende a la recherche de son pere et détruise son commerce. Ce n’est rien de bon a finir et Sherlock Holmes devrait intervenir ici.
Tom Canty is a poor boy in the London slums. His birth only brings more poverty to his already dirt poor family. Edward VI is the long awaited heir to the English throne. They are born on the same day and look so alike they can’t believe it. They exchange clothes and Edward VI ends up being thrown out of the palace by guards who think he is the poor boy he looks to be. Both boys have difficulty fitting into the other’s lives. After many adventures, matters are set right aga...