when was the adventures of tom sawyer first published
1876
title: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer text: text also quickly published at Chatto and Windus of London, in June 1876, but without illustration. Pirate editions appeared very quickly in Canada and Germany. The American Publishing Company finally published its edition in December 1876, which was the first illustrated edition of Tom Sawyer. These two editions differ slightly. After completing his manuscript, Twain had a copy made of it. It is this copy which was read and annotated by his friend William Dean Howells. Twain then made his own corrections based on Howells comments which he later incorporated in the original manuscript, but some corrections escaped him. The title: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer text: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain is an 1876 novel about a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River. It is set in the 1840s in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, inspired by Hannibal, Missouri, where Twain lived as a boy. In the novel Tom Sawyer has several adventures, often with his friend, Huck. One such adventure, Tom's whitewashing of a fence, has been adapted into paintings and referenced in other pieces of popular culture. Originally a commercial failure the book ended up being the best selling of any of Twain's title: Classics Illustrated text: was announced to be "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", with art by Severine Lefebvre. They published 19 volumes through 2014. "The Wind in the Willows" was not among them, and "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" was the 1990 Mike Ploog adaptation from the First Comics series, as were all the others, although published n a different order and emphasizing some of the later, low circulation volumes. In September 2008, Classic Comic Store Ltd., based in the U.K., began publishing both the original Gilberton Classics Illustrated regular and Junior lines for distribution in the U.K., Republic of Ireland, South Africa, Australia title: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer text: Mississippi and corresponded with a boyhood friend, Will Bowen, that had evoked many memories and was used as a source of material. Twain named his fictional character after a San Francisco fireman whom he met in June 1863. The real Tom Sawyer was a local hero, famous for rescuing 90 passengers after a shipwreck. The two remained friendly during Twain's three-year stay in San Francisco, often drinking and gambling together. In November 1875 Twain gave the manuscript to Elisha Bliss of the American Publishing Company, who sent it to True Williams for the illustrations. A little later, Twain had the title: Mark Twain text: on the Mississippi River. "Old Times on the Mississippi" was a series of sketches published in the "Atlantic Monthly" in 1875 featuring his disillusionment with Romanticism. "Old Times" eventually became the starting point for "Life on the Mississippi". Twain's next major publication was "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", which draws on his youth in Hannibal. Tom Sawyer was modeled on Twain as a child, with traces of schoolmates John Briggs and Will Bowen. The book also introduces Huckleberry Finn in a supporting role, based on Twain's boyhood friend Tom Blankenship. "The Prince and the Pauper" was not as well received,