马克吐温的《汤姆·索亚历险记》于1876年问世,同年他开始撰写一本自称为“另一本儿童文学”的新作。他对于这一新的尝试并不很以为然。他说,他着手写它,“与其说是有何意图,倒不如说是为了要有所事事。”他并没有沉湎于该书的创作——“只有到了一定的火候,我方能对它爱不释手。”他还说:“半途即将它束之高阁,亦或是完稿后将手稿付之一炬,这都是可能的。”该书的写作,其间停顿了长达四年之久,然后才提笔续 Mark Twain’s Adventures of Tom Sawyer came out in 1876, and in the same year he began writing a new book calling himself “another book of children’s literature.” He did not quite agree with this new attempt. He said he was writing about it, “It is not so much an intention, but rather something to do.” He did not indulge in the book’s creation - “Only after a certain amount of heat, can we It put it down. ”He added:“ It would be possible to put it halfway or to put a manuscript on top of it. ”The book’s writing lasted for as long as four years before it was mentioned