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Tom Sawyer Abroad, Tom Sawyer Detective Kindle Edition

by Mark Twain (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 38 ratings
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Tom Sawyer Abroad, Tom Sawyer Detective by Mark Twain.
This book is a reproduction of the original book published in 1917 and may have some imperfections such as marks or hand-written notes.
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    July 11, 2016
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"It has taken nearly a century for an edition to be readied which Twain would have applauded."--Susan Gillman, "Christian Science Monitor"

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01ICAJFJQ
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Antique Reprints (July 11, 2016)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 11, 2016
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 188700 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 456 pages
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    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 38 ratings

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5.0 out of 5 stars What's not to like? This is Mark Twain after all
Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2017
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What's not to like? This is Mark Twain after all.
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5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT FUN AND TWAIN'S A PROGRESSIVE GENIUS
Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2010
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YOU'LL LOVE THE FUNNY AND SCARY PARTS OFHTE FIRST NOVEL AND HTE FUNNY AND DUMB PARTS IN THE SECOND. TOM SAWYER, BOY GENIUS.LOL
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JV
4.0 out of 5 stars I'm glad that one was short because I was getting tired ...
Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2017
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Tom Sawyer Abroad was just ok to me. I'm glad that one was short because I was getting tired of it pretty quickly. It had an abrupt, strange ending, but it was much welcomed. Glad I read it to see what it was after reading the reviews. I really enjoyed Tom Sawyer Detective. It was also a short story, but it had the same feel as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
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Keith
5.0 out of 5 stars Fun
Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2014
I really enjoyed Tom Sawyer Detective. I wasn't expecting much because I had also read Tom Sawyer Abroad prior to this and the plot was so improbable that I was bored with it and it dragged along. This one was about the same length but I enjoyed it much more. Both books displayed Mark Twains great wit and made me laugh but this story wasn't as far fetched and the plot moved along at a good pace. Lovers of Tom and Huck should love this.i read the free kindle version which was formatted pretty e
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Eleanor Eltoft
4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting book but has outdated attitudes
Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2019
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This is an interesting book but it has outdated attitudes which I found hard to stomach.
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Plume45
3.0 out of 5 stars Juvenile Argonauts over the Sahara
Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2003
This book picks up right after the hallaballo has died down from Tom and Huck's triumphal return. Tom kinda craves notoriety as he competes for the unofficial title of Hannibal's First Traveler. Kidnapped by a mad inventor Tom, Huck and Jim
find themselves sailing in a hot-air balloon. They eventually realize that they are alone over the Atlantic, but when they sight land, it is not Europe! This first-person story is narrated with youthful zest and slangy vocabulary by an admiring Huck, so that he can praise Tom's leadership skills and power of argument.
The three unprepared argonauts finally understand that they are floating over the vast Sahara Desert, where they experience a variety of adventures--interspersed with juvenile deductions and lively debate. Their challenges are right out of the Arabian Nights: no magic lamp or genies, but Twain serves up caravans, lions, mirages, warring Bedouin tribes, and a devastating sand storm. All this action is spiced with his wry humor, as he slips in snide remarks about more serious social issues (spoken through the mouths of babes). Although this tale is Plot Lite, there's plenty of lively dialogue, as the boys argue using kid logic, while indulging in youthful dreams of sudden fortune. A fun read with sly social criticism. But really, Mark Twain--tigers--in Africa?
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Joe Kenney
4.0 out of 5 stars Good, but not classics
Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2000
I was surprised to discover the existance of these two books: Tom Sawyer Abroad and Tom Sawyer Detective. Apparently, they were both very popular back when they were first published, in the late 1890s, but have become mostly forgotten. They're more novellas than anything; Detective isn't even 100 pages long. The illustrations are really good, and I plan on buying the other volumes in the Mark Twain Library, each of which include the original illustrations that were present in the first editions. Both Abroad and Detective are entertaining, but they're not in the mold of the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. You know how in Huckleberry Finn, Huck goes through all these little misadventures, all the while growing up and gaining all kinds of wisdom, and then in the end, the book takes a harsh turn and goes back to the juvenile exploits of Tom Sawyer, when he and Huck try to free Jim? It's like the end of the book really doesn't have much to do with the rest of it, it's just Huck and Tom doing dumb, yet funny, kid stuff. Well, both Abroad and Detective are like that; only very occasionally do you get any of Huck's unique flashes of insight. Jim himself only appears in Abroad, which is a fantasy tale in which he, Tom, and Huck happen to be kidnapped onto a high-tech balloon (!) and go across the Atlantic to Africa. There's really not much of a plot or resolution, they just float along over the desert, Tom tells them about the Arabian Nights, and Jim gets stranded on the head of the Sphinx for a little while. Abroad picks up not long after the events in the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and apparently Detective picks up not long after Abroad, though the events that transpired in Abroad are never mentioned in Tom Sawyer, Detective. Maybe Twain considered Abroad more of a whimsical tale, something that never really happened. Who knows...but I think Detective was the better of the two, even though Jim doesn't even appear in the book, and it's more of a mystery novel than anything. Huck basically plays the role of the reporter in Detective, just relating all of the incidents he witnessed in an unusual murder/crime, and describing Tom Sawyer's scene-stealing exploits in the trial that follows. Many of the characters that appeared in the last half of Adv. of Huck Finn make a return appearance in Detective. But anyway, both books are enjoyable to read, especially considering that both are written in the 1st person, from Huck's perspective, yet don't read them expecting the depth and emotion that are found in the Adv. of Huck Finn. I think these books were written for a younger audience, and that's how they read. But, for a frustrating, yet very interesting look into what might have been, had Twain finished his other two planned sequels to Huckleberry Finn, you should check out the book "Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer Among the Indians," which contains two unfinished sequels that are both heads and tails better than Abroad and Detective: Among the Indians and Tom Sawyer's Conspiracy. But that's all I have to say about that.
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jeff88888
1.0 out of 5 stars Sequels Obscure for a Reason
Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2012
While most people are familiar with Mark Twain's major works "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," few are aware of his two novella-length sequels, "Tom Sawyer Abroad" and "Tom Sawyer, Detective". The reason both have languished in obscurity is that, in different ways, they are both pretty awful!

"Tom Sawyer Abroad" is a bad Jules Verne imitation in which Huck, Tom, and Jim fly a mad scientist's balloon airship over the Atlantic and the Sahara Desert to the pyramids and the Sphinx. It sounds like fun, but it isn't. The plot has gigantic logic holes and ends with unsatisfying, silly abruptness.

"Tom Sawyer, Detective" is a spoof of mysteries with a tediously elaborate plot. Twain based his story on a real life incident, but his clumsy insertion of Tom and Huck into the exposition destroys any suspense the tale might have had.

Huck Finn narrates both tales and occasionally provides a mildly entertaining malapropism ("the lawyer for the prostitution"). But the strength of Twain's writing, I think, is his character-based humor. Both these stories fail because there is far too much outlandish plot and not enough wry reflection by the characters.
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Sumodh
5.0 out of 5 stars An enjoyable read
Reviewed in India on February 9, 2020
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Good sequel
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Paolo
5.0 out of 5 stars Soddisfatto
Reviewed in Italy on April 26, 2017
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Edizione molto curata, bella impaginazione e ben fatto, collana editoriale che non delude mai le aspettative del lettore, spedizione rapidissima e imballaggio buono, davvero molto soddisfatto.
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Hilda M. Brough
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on October 22, 2015
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What bad can you say about any of Mark Twain's books.
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D. P. Hardy
4.0 out of 5 stars Another Mark Twain winner
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 6, 2014
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If you like Samuel Clemens' (Mark Twain) odd but educational and moral writing, you'll love this. The second story carries on from Adventures... and puts you right back in the thick of the Missouri landscape. The first story is more adventurous. Told in the first person (Huck) Tom, Huck and Jim set off on a futuristic hot air balloon across Africa where they encounter (wrongly) lions AND tigers, Bedouin peoples, horrific storms - both rain and sand - and much more. A great escape from the dreary, wet days we've been having!
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ayodhya
5.0 out of 5 stars hi
Reviewed in Japan on March 2, 2013
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I love it......................!
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