In the study Guide: - Learn about the Life and Background of Mark Twain - Hear an Introduction to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Explore themes, character development, and recurring images in the Critical Commentaries - Learn new words from the Glossary at the end of each Chapter - Examine in-depth Character Analyses - Acquire an understanding of Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer with Critical Essays - Reinforce what you learn to further your study online at www.cliffsnotes.com Classic Novel in Audio: Adventures of Tom Sawyer Mark Twain 1835-1910 Generations of readers have enjoyed the ingenuous triumphs and feckless mishaps of boyhood days on the Mississippi. This classic of American wit and storytelling introduced Tom Sawyer, Becky Thatcher, Aunt Polly, the Widow Douglas, and many other characters to the world; including, of course, the boy who "was cordially hated and dreaded by all the mothers of the town, because he was idle and lawless and vulgar and bad - and because all their children admired him so," Huckleberry Finn.