World Classics Library: Mark Twain

Tom Sawyer relates the scrapes and escapades of one of America's best-loved rogues as he comes face-to-face with the darker aspects of human nature. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck and escaped slave Jim run away on a raft down the Mississippi, encountering slave-hunters, conmen, thieves and feuding aristocrats along the way. The Prince and the Pauper follows two identical boys from very different backgrounds who decide to switch places, changing their own destinies and that of the kingdom. Together, these three tales capture the irrepressible optimism and energy of youth, the power of hope, and the importance of self-reliance in a changing world.