The adventures of Tom Sawyer
. This novel was written in 1876. Mid-18th century, the town with the name of St. Petersburg. America, where no factories, no railroads, and instead of houses with gardens chickens roam. Pious province, where Aunt Polly, alone raising a Tom Sawyer, is not taken for the rod. Not matched their severity text of scripture. Exacting province. Where children do during the holidays continue to cram the Bible verses in Sunday school. Not a rich province, where a strange boy, a weekday walk in his shoes, looks sassy dandy, whom Tom certainly can not teach. It is very tempting to run away from school and swim in the Mississippi River, although cautiously sewn Aunt Polly's shirt collar, and if not exemplary demure Sid - half-brother Tom, uglyadevshy - again, that the thread on the collar changed the color, everything was all sewn-hush . Human passions rage is everywhere the same: In the town there is Becky - blue-eyed angel in a white dress and embroidered pantalettes. Love breaks out, burning jealousy for her break, a deadly insult, then fiery reconciliation in response to the noble act, Master Tom bludgeons for the book which accidentally broke Becky. A reconciliation between the offense and in a fit of despair and hopeless resentment can go to the pirates, who made his noble band of thugs from a local homeless Huckleberry Finn, with whom good boys nastrogo forbidden hobnob, and another friend who is from a good family.