Preface
Twain states the book is meant chiefly for boys and girls but also to remind adults 'of what they once were themselves.'
Read in Books4Free →Theme: Boyhood and Freedom
From The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
The novel idealizes boyhood as a state of imagination, mischief, and freedom from adult constraint—Twain's central nostalgic theme.
Chapter 8
Tom's Robin Hood fantasies in the woods: 'They said they would rather be outlaws a year in Sherwood Forest than President of the United States forever.'
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