St. Petersburg, Missouri (fictional town)

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fictional town literary setting

St. Petersburg, Missouri is the fictional Mississippi River town that serves as the primary backdrop for Mark Twain’s novel "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer."

Aliases (2)

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional town → literary setting →
appearsIn	Adventures of Huckleberry Finn → The Adventures of Tom Sawyer → Tom Sawyer Abroad → Tom Sawyer, Detective →
associatedWithTheme	adventure → childhood → moral development → slavery and race in the United States →
country	United States →
creator	Mark Twain →
fictionalStatus	fictional →
firstPublicationYearOfWork	1876 →
firstPublishedInWork	The Adventures of Tom Sawyer →
hasAlternativeDescription	fictionalized version of Hannibal, Missouri →
hasNotableFeature	cave → church → graveyard → island in the Mississippi River → riverfront → school →
hasNotableResident	Aunt Polly → Becky Thatcher → Huckleberry Finn → Injun Joe → Judge Thatcher → Miss Watson → Muff Potter → Sid Sawyer → Tom Sawyer → Widow Douglas →
inspiredBy	Hannibal, Missouri →
languageOfWork	English →
literaryGenreContext	American realist novel →
locatedIn	Missouri →
locatedOn	Mississippi River →
modeledOn	Hannibal, Missouri →
narrativeFunction	depicts small-town life in the antebellum American South →
partOfFictionalUniverse	Mark Twain’s Mississippi River world →
primarySettingOf	The Adventures of Tom Sawyer →
timePeriod	19th century →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Injun Joe → Sid →	setIn
Becky Thatcher → Muff Potter →	setting
Mary →	appearsInFictionalUniverse
Mark Twain’s Hannibal →	inspired
Hannibal, Missouri ("The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn setting of St. Petersburg, Missouri") →	inspiredWork
Judge Thatcher →	residence
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer →	settingLocation