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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Novel

This article is about the novel. For other uses, see Tom Sawyer (disambiguation).

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Front piece of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Author Mark Twain

Cover artist Created by Mark Twain

Country United States

Language English, Limited Edition (Spanish)

Genre Bildungsroman, Picaresque Novel, Satire, Folk, Children's Literature

Publisher American Publishing Company

Publication date

1876

OCLC 47052486

Dewey Decimal

813.4

LC Class PZ7.T88 Ad 2001

Followed by Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

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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. It is set in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, inspired by Hannibal, Missouri, where Twain lived.

An imaginative and mischievous boy named Tom Sawyer lives with his Aunt Polly and his half-brother, Sid, in the Mississippi River town of St. Petersburg, Missouri. After playing hooky from school on Friday and dirtying his clothes in a fight, Tom is made to whitewash the fence as punishment on Saturday. At first, Tom is disappointed by having to forfeit his day off. However, he soon cleverly persuades his friends to trade him small treasures for the privilege of doing his work. He trades these treasures for tickets given out in Sunday school for memorizing Bible verses and uses the tickets to claim a Bible as a prize. He loses much of his glory, however, when, in response to a question to show off his knowledge, he incorrectly answers that the first two disciples were David and Goliath.

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