ჩვენთვის ყველასთვის საყვარელი ავტორის, მარკ ტვენის შემოქმედებიდან, ალბათ, ერთ-ერთი ყველაზე გამორჩეული პერსონაჟი თავისი ხასიათითა და ჩვეულებებით გახლავთ ტომ სოიერი, რომლის ადგილას ყოფნა არაერთ ჩვენგანს ერთხელ მაინც გვინატრია. 12 წლის ბიჭის მეამბოხე, თავისუფალი და თავგადასავლების მოყვარული ხასიათი ყველა ჩვენგანის ნატვრად და ლიტერატურული სამყაროს განუყოფელ ნაწილად იქცა.
მარკ ტვენი მე-19 საუკუნის მწერალია, რომელიც „ტომ სოიერის თავგადასავალს“ სწორედ ამ ეპოქის გადმოსახედიდან მოგვითხრობს, თუმცა საინტერესოა, როგორი იქნებოდა ტომი თანამედროვე სამყაროში?
ყველა ბიჭსა თუ კაცს ერთხელ მაინც „უთამაშია“ ტომის როლი – ანტაგონისტი, მეამბოხე, მამაცი და მომხიბვლელი ტომისა, რომელსაც, თავისი ხასიათიდან გამომდინარე, არც ერთ ეპოქასთან შეგუება არ გაუჭირდებოდა. ალბათ, მისი წარმოსახვა 21-ე საუკუნის პროგრესსაც გაუსწრებდა და სახლიდან გაქცევის ნაცვლად, ახლა რომელიმე პლანეტაზე გაქცევას მოისურვებდა. იქნებ, მისი სიმამაცე „Marvel”-ის სამყაროსთვისაც საინტერესო ყოფილიყო? წარმოიდგინეთ, ჩალისქუდიანი, თავგადასავლების მოყვარული ტომი, რომელიც Avanger-ებთან ერთად სამყაროს გადასარჩენად იბრძვის. New York-ის ქუჩებში მოსიარულე ბოროტმოქმედების მთავარი მტერი და ადამიანი ობობას ნომერ პირველი მეგობარი.
წარმოიდგინეთ, ტომ სოიერის, როგორც თანამედროვე გმირის, პოსტერები ყველა ქუჩის კუთხეში, მაღაზიის ვიტრინებში, ბილბორდებსა და ტაიმზ-სკვერის უშველებელ მონიტორებზე. ტომი – ბიჭი, რომელმაც ბავშვური ეგოიზმიდან თანამედროვე მეამბოხე, თავისუფლად განწყობილი ინდივიდუალისტი შექმნა, რომლის თვალთახედვა მსოფლიოს ყველა კუთხეს სწვდება და ზუსტად პასუხობს იმ გამოწვევებს, რომელსაც თანამედროვე სამყარო უმზადებს.
ტომი დღევანდელ დღეს მოუტანდა იმ ინდივიდუალიზმსა და თავისუფლებას, რომელიც სასიცოცხლოდ საჭირო და მნიშვნელოვანია.
და შენ როგორ ფიქრობ, რას მოიმოქმედებდა ტომი თანამედროვე სამყაროს გამოწვევებთან გასამკლავებლად?
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Author: Mark Twain
ISBN: 9780230030336
Perhaps the best-loved nineteenth-century American novel, Mark Twain’s tale of boyhood adventure overflows with comedy, warmth, and slapstick energy. It brings to life and array of irresistible characters—the awesomely self-confident Tom, his best buddy Huck Finn, indulgent Aunt Polly, and the lovely, beguiling Becky—as well as such unforgettable incidents as whitewashing a fence, swearing an oath in blood, and getting lost in a dark and labyrinthine cave. Below Tom Sawyer’s sunny surface lurk hints of a darker reality, of youthful innocence and naïveté confronting the cruelty, hypocrisy, and foolishness of the adult world—a theme that would become more pronounced in Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Despite such suggestions, Tom Sawyer remains Twain’s joyful ode to the endless possibilities of childhood.
Price: 5,5 GEL
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Author: Mark Twain
ISBN:9781405072342
“Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is the only one of Mark Twain’s various books which can be called a masterpiece. I do not suggest that it is his only book of permanent interest; but it is the only one in which his genius is completely realized, and the only one which creates its own category.” T. S. Eliot
Huckleberry Finn, rebel against school and church, casual inheritor of gold treasure, rafter of the Mississippi, and savior of Jim the runaway slave, is the archetypical American maverick.
Fleeing the respectable society that wants to “sivilize” him, Huck Finn shoves off with Jim on a rhapsodic raft journey down the Mississippi River. The two bind themselves to one another, becoming intimate friends and agreeing “there warn’t no home like a raft, after all. Other places do seem so cramped up and smothery, but a raft don’t. You feel mighty free and easy and comfortable on a raft.”
As Huck learns about love, responsibility, and morality, the trip becomes a metaphoric voyage through his own soul, culminating in the glorious moment when he decides to “go to hell” rather than return Jim to slavery.
Mark Twain defined classic as “a book which people praise and don’t read”; Huckleberry Finn is a happy exception to his own rule. Twain’s mastery of dialect, coupled with his famous wit, has made Adventures of Huckleberry Finn one of the most loved and distinctly American classics ever written.
Price: 5,5 GEL
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The Prince and the Pauper
Author: Mark Twain
ISBN: 9780140436693
When Mark Twain’s The Prince and the Pauper was published in 1881, the Atlanta Constitution sang its praises in no uncertain terms: “The book comes upon the reading public in the shape of a revelation.” A timeless tale of switched identities, Twain’s story revolves around the miserably poor Tom Canty “of Offal Court,” who is lucky enough to trade his rags for the gilded robes of England’s prince, Edward Tudor. As each boy is mistaken for the other, Tom enters a realm of privilege and pleasure beyond his most delirious dreams, while Edward plunges into a cruel, dangerous world of beggars and thieves, cutthroats and killers. Befriended by the heroic Miles Hendon, Edward struggles to survive on the squalid streets of London, in the process learning about the underside of life in “Merry England.”
With its mixing of high adventure, raucous comedy, and scathing social criticism, presented in a hilarious faux-sixteenth-century vernacular that only Mark Twain could fashion, The Prince and the Pauper remains one of this incomparable humorist’s most popular and oft-dramatized tales.
Price: 15,9 GEL
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The theme for this week is going to about Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. He wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn the latter often called “the Great American Novel”.
Twain grew up in Hannibal, Missouri, which provided the setting for the Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer novels.
Twain was born shortly after a visit by Halley’s Comet, and he predicted that he would “go out with it”, too. He died the day following the comet’s subsequent return.
He was lauded as the “greatest American humorist of his age” and William Faulkner called Twain “the father of American literature”.
Enjoy a short video introducing you to Mark Twain’s home and museum!
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain is an 1876 novel about a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River. The story is set in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, inspired by Hannibal, Missouri, where Twain lived. Tom is a troublemaker. He plays hooky from school; hangs around with Huck Finn, the unsophisticated son of the village drunkard; and deceives his friends into trading their treasures with him.
From the famous episodes of the whitewashed fence and the ordeal in the cave to the trial of Injun Joe, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is redolent of life in the Mississippi River towns in which Twain spent his own youth. A somber undercurrent flows through the high humor and unabashed nostalgia of the novel, however, for beneath the innocence of childhood lie the inequities of adult realitybase emotions and superstitions, murder and revenge, starvation and slavery.
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The celebrations of National Tom Sawyer Days have started on July 3rd and will last until July 5th in Hannibal, Missouri. National Tom Sawyer Days has had a long and proud history of honoring Hannibal’s most beloved son.
Events inspired by Mark Twain’s works are some delightful highlights of this entertaining festival. From the National Fence Painting Contest to a Frog Jumping Contest to Live Entertainment at Tanyard Gardens, National Tom Sawyer Days is for the young and the young at heart. Visitors from all over the world come to experience the history of Hannibal, through the eyes of Mark Twain.
Here are some interesting facts about Mark Twain:
- His real name was Samuel Clemens
- Mark Twain was a pen name he picked up while writing for the Virginia City newspaper, which he first wrote under in 1863
- He also wrote under Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass, W. Epaminondas Adrastus Blab, Sergeant Fathom, and Rambler during his career
- Before 13, he nearly drowned 9 documented times
“Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
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]]>As you can remember, we dedicated last week to George Orwell. And now it’s time to announce the theme of this week. Here’s the hint:
“TOM!”
No answer.
“TOM!”
No answer.
“What’s gone with that boy, I wonder? You TOM!”
No answer.
Yes, many of you most probably can recall these words. It’s the book that was and continues to be a part of the childhood of many people around the world – The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain.
The reason we decided to dedicate this week to this wonderful book was the yearly celebrations to be held in USA on July 4th – National Tom Sawyer Days. National Tom Sawyer Days is a yearly event on 4 July, organized in Hannibal, Missouri in the United States – the hometown of Mark Twain.
Stay with us for other interesting content, connected to Tom Sawyer and Mark Twain. We wish you a wonderful and adventurous week!
Your EBG Team
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