Nudną rzeczywistość małego miasteczka może przełamać tylko bujna wyobraźnia. Wie o tym doskonale żywiołowy chłopak o imieniu Tomek Sawyer. Wychowuje go skromna ciotka Polly, która czasem nie nadąża za jego pomysłami. Ale jak być opanowanym i spokojnym, kiedy na świecie czeka tyle przygód? Świat bywa jednak również niebezpieczny... Chłopiec przekonuje się o tym, gdy razem ze swoim najlepszym przyjacielem Huckiem Finnem przypadkiem stają się świadkami morderstwa. Od tego moment...
The book reflects the state of 19th-century society in the United States – votes in the Senate and Congress are bought and sold, all this is carefully hidden and masked. The curse of the „Tennessee” land, which could but did not enrich the young people who are the heirs of this land, is largely activated by the heirs themselves – typical Americans of that time, who want to quickly make a fortune.
The town of Gedliberg boasted of the purity of its morals and virtuous humility. But once the city fathers had the opportunity to pass a test for these qualities. Some eccentric bequeathed a huge amount of money to his benefactor from Gedliberg, whose name does not remember. It remains only to go and impersonate the heir...
The name of Joan of Arc became a legend: an illiterate village girl, standing at the head of the French army, delivered her country from English rule and enthroned the king, who later betrayed her. In the novel by Mark Twain, the story of Jeanne – her childhood, her victories and death – is presented to the reader on behalf of her friend and secretary. This is a story about a great and noble soul, about a disinterested female heart that can withstand any load, even beyond t...
