THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER
BY
MARK TWAIN
A choice quote.
‘”Now it’s all done, Becky. And always after this, you know, you ain’t
ever to love anybody but me, and you ain’t ever to marry anybody but
me, ever never and forever. Will you?”
“No, I’ll never love anybody but you, Tom, and I’ll never marry
anybody but you–and you ain’t to ever marry anybody but me, either.”
“Certainly. Of course. That’s PART of it. And always coming to school
or when we’re going home, you’re to walk with me, when there ain’t
anybody looking–and you choose me and I choose you at parties, because
that’s the way you do when you’re engaged.”
“It’s so nice. I never heard of it before.”
“Oh, it’s ever so gay! Why, me and Amy Lawrence–”
The big eyes told Tom his blunder and he stopped, confused.
“Oh, Tom! Then I ain’t the first you’ve ever been engaged to!”‘
Quite a good read, not too long either. ~70,000 words, easily readable in a day being written in a manner that once you’re used to, it flows well.
I spent a minute or two trying to work out how much I have to read so far saved onto my computer. I estimate 40+ million words from the writings of only R.M. Ballantyne and G.A. Henty. Plus another 20-30 books from The Prince to The Cossack to The Art of War to War and Peace to 3 Men in a Boat.
