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Tom Sawyer turns 150

Original: The Great American Rascal: Tom Sawyer at 150

Mark Twain's 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' is being reassessed on the 150th anniversary of its publication, with a Claremont Review of Books essay calling its hero 'the great American rascal'. Commenters are debating what the novel still says about American boyhood, freedom and national character a century and a half on.

Why now: The novel's 150th anniversary has prompted fresh commentary and debate about its place in American literature.

Mark TwainTom SawyerClaremont Review of Books

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