马克·吐温（1835-1910），十九世纪美国杰出的现实主义作家。《汤姆·索亚历险记(译文名著精选)》是他最受欢迎和喜爱的儿童小说之一。主人公汤姆幼年丧母，由姨妈收养。聪明顽皮的汤姆受不了姨妈和学校老师的管束，常常逃学闯祸。一天深夜，他与好朋友哈克贝里·芬到墓地玩耍，无意中目睹了一起凶杀案的发生。因为害怕被凶手发现他们知道这件事，汤姆、哈克贝里带着另一个小伙伴一起逃到一座荒岛上做起了"海盗"，弄得家里以为他们被淹死了，结果他们却出现在了自己的"葬礼"上。经过激烈的思想斗争，汤姆终于勇敢地站出来，指证了凶手。不久之后，在一次野餐活动中，他与他心爱的姑娘贝姬在一个岩洞里迷了路，整整三天三夜饥寒交迫，面临着死亡的威胁...... （Mark Twain (1835-1910) was an American outstanding realistic writer in 1800s. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Selected translation masterwork) is one of his most popular children novels. The protagonist Tom Sawyer loses his mother in early childhood and is adopted his aunt. Clever and naughty Tom always plays truant and gets into troubles because he cannot bear his aunt's and school teacher's restraint. He accompanies Huckleberry Finn to the graveyard at night, where they witness a murder accidentally. Tom and Huckleberry run away to an uninhabited island with another friend because they fear that their experience may be found by the murderer. They become pirates on the island and their families thought they have been drowned. However, they finally appear on their own funeral. Tom is brave to stand out and points out the murderer after his moral dilemma eventually. After a short while, as Tom and Becky (the girl he loves) wander a cave for three days, they get extremely dehydrated and starve and face the death. ）