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Paul Fisher Johnson

    Ethan Frome
    The Riddle of the Sands
    Unquiet Grave : Short Stories
    The adventures of Huckleberry Finn
    The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
    • The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

      • 272 pages
      • 10 hours of reading

      “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” is a novel by American author Mark Twain, published by the publisher Collins. The character in this novel is a teenage boy named Tom Sawyer who and what the author wants to convey to the reader. This novel tells a lot about a cheerful childhood. That said, the stories in it are based on Mark Twain's own experience, along with the characters in it. Fresh and full of imagination, “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” recalls the childish soul within the reader. This kid is really naughty. It's just what he did, one time his fun brought a strange problem. He has to deal with cunning criminals. In fact, the criminal managed to trap Tom in a cave. Tom didn't want to lose his shrewdness. If he manages to get out, not only himself will survive, but also his friends, and more importantly the girl he loves. It tells how well Tom Sawyer influences his friends, who willingly and without pressure do what he wants. The problem discussed is that the characters in this novel are analyzed from the point of view of their moral and psychological development. Mark Twain, through the main character, Tom Sawyer, actually wanted to criticize the hypocrisy of society at that time with the story in the novel.

      The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
      3.7
    • The adventures of Huckleberry Finn

      • 384 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      Wild child Huck has to get away. His violent drunk of a father is back in town again, raising Cain. He won�t rest until he has Huck�s money. So the enterprising boy fakes his own death and sets out in search of adventure and freedom. Teaming up with Jim, an escaped slave with a price on his head, the two fugitives go on the run, travelling down the wide Mississippi River. But Huck finds himself wrestling with his conscience. Should he save Jim, or turn his friend over to a terrible fate? .

      The adventures of Huckleberry Finn
      3.7
    • Unquiet Grave : Short Stories

      • 96 pages
      • 4 hours of reading

      If you find a locked room in a lonely inn, don't try to open it, even on a bright sunny day. If you find a strange whistle hidden among the stones of an old church, don't blow it. If a mysterious man gives you a piece of paper with strange writing on it, give it back to him at once. And if you call a dead man from his grave, don't expect to sleep peacefully ever again. Read these five ghost stories by daylight, and make sure your door is locked.

      Unquiet Grave : Short Stories
      3.3
    • The Riddle of the Sands

      • 104 pages
      • 4 hours of reading

      Carruthers is summoned to the Baltic by his friend, an accomplished yachtsman, who reveals his suspicions concerning German activity in the North Frisian Islands

      The Riddle of the Sands
      3.2
    • A portrait of the simple inhabitants of a 19th century New England village

      Ethan Frome
      3.0