汤姆历险记

　　《最经典英语文库：汤姆历险记（英文版）》是美国著名作家、幽默大师马克·吐温流传最广的小说之一，讲的是一个顽皮男孩经历百险的成长故事。它谱写的是一部富于天真烂漫的成长之歌、奏出的是充满青春气息的浪漫之曲。一次次信马由缰的经历、一回回海阔天空的探险——跌宕起伏的故事情节间，到处闪烁着令人为之一振的智慧与人性的光芒。情感的力量、初恋的美好、正义的伸张、恶作剧的痛快、尽情玩闹的过瘾……这一切无不深深打动着世界各国读者们的心。三个顽皮的男孩鼓足勇气划着木筏离开家，踏上孤岛露营的探险之旅。那流淌不息的河水、树影婆娑的绿地、变化莫测的天空，都见证着几个孩子成长的快乐与烦恼。以汤姆为代表的三个男孩子，用他们飞扬的勇气和雄心与他们曲折惊险的寻宝经历，在马克·吐温犀利幽默的神笔之下，共同构成了这部充满欢乐、紧张、笑容和泪水的小说。

　　Samuel Langhorne Clemens （November 30，1835-April 21，1910）， better known by his pen name Mark Twain， was an American author and humorist. He wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer （1876） and its sequel， Adventures of Huckleberry Finn （1885）， the latter often called "the Great American Novel." Twain grew up in Hannibal， Missouri， which provided the setting for Huckleberry Finn and TomSawyer. After an apprenticeship with a printer， he worked as a typesetter and contributed articles to his older brother Orion's newspaper. He later became a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River beforeheading west to join Orion in Nevada. He referred humorously to his singular lack of success at mining， turning to journalism for the Virginia City Territorial Enterprise.Twain was born shortly after a visit by Halley's Comet， and he predicted that he would "go out with it，" too. He died the day following the comet's subsequent return. He was lauded as the "greatest American humorist of his age，" and William Faulkner called Twain "the father of American literature."'