Book talk : Unabridged Adventures of Tom Sawyer
By Ptrikha_2
@ptrikha_2 (49775)
India
May 17, 2021 10:38pm CST
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Book : Unabridged hard bind version of Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain.
This was not on my original reading plan. I had thought of this for my kids.
Yet the kind of language was perhaps a bit more for their age.
Looks like the literary style of the late 19th century was much different from now.
Still Mark Twain makes the story full of interesting twists and surprises.
There is fun and humor but emotions as well.
Just one learning : It is better to get kids a modified version of classics and not an Unabridged one.
Have a great Tuesday ahead.
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7 responses
@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
18 May 21
My elder daughter loves to read unabridged ones for all classics. You are right. The literary style has gone a lot of transformation. Love the classic ones..I might have this in my daughters collection. Last year we donated a lot of books to our apartment library.
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@ptrikha_2 (49775)
• India
18 May 21
@arunima25
As the story is picking up, it is more delightful.
But perhaps a bit tough for 10 to 12 year olds.
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@ptrikha_2 (49775)
• India
21 May 21
@arunima25
As long as one is reading regularly, reading choice is fine. Even I normally stick to Robert Ludlum and Agatha Christie!!
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@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
18 May 21
I think the unabridged versions are for fourth to fifth graders.
My daughters borrowed from the school library almost all the unabridged versions of the classics back in grade school. We did read the books weekend afternoons.
I like Tom Sawyer very much - the glorious whitewasher, and his Aunt Polly.
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@ptrikha_2 (49775)
• India
18 May 21
@eileenleyva
Another problem is the American style + slang mix English whereas in Indian schools, the British version is more common.
Yet it could vary from child to child!
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@ptrikha_2 (49775)
• India
20 May 21
@eileenleyva
Yes a basic aptitude for learning is the basic thing.
Language style comes later.
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@ptrikha_2 (49775)
• India
21 May 21
@eileenleyva
Perhaps it is due to the greater distractions now a days?
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@marguicha (230365)
• Chile
18 May 21
Tom Sawyer might be a good book for adults.
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@ptrikha_2 (49775)
• India
18 May 21
@marguicha
It can suit grown up teenagers more but not a bad choice for adults as well.
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@ptrikha_2 (49775)
• India
20 May 21
@marguicha
Oh that sounds good. Which other kids' books have you read?
@ptrikha_2 (49775)
• India
19 May 21
@DianneN
Yes more for older kids, not for younger ones.
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@ptrikha_2 (49775)
• India
22 May 21
@CarolDM
What makes you think that it could get on the censored list? This is quite an old classic.
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@ptrikha_2 (49775)
• India
22 May 21
@CarolDM
Hmm.. Selective censorship is hard to understand.
I have seen dubious movies not getting censored but better movies being censored just because they have a strong opinion on some issues or are anti-establishment in some ways.
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@erictsuma (9725)
• Mombasa, Kenya
18 May 21
It seems the book is really interesting, what's the storyline of the book
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@ptrikha_2 (49775)
• India
18 May 21
@erictsuma
Teenage life of a boy in 1830s /40s in US.
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@ptrikha_2 (49775)
• India
18 May 21
@Butterfingers
Did you enjoy it? What kind of books do you read now a days?
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