Tom Sawyer (Usborne Classics Retold), by Henry Brook and ...

THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER ix THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Regionalism and the Emergence of Realism The late nineteenth century, the period during which Mark Twain wrote his most famous novels, was an era char-acterized by westward expansion. Large numbers of settlers ................
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