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."

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
St. Petersburg, Missouri (fictional town) canonical 8
Mississippi River town of St. Petersburg, Missouri 1
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn setting of St. Petersburg, Missouri 1

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 of America ⓘ
surface form: 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 Life on the Mississippi ⓘ
surface form: Mark Twain’s Mississippi River world
primarySettingOf The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer → settingLocation → St. Petersburg, Missouri (fictional town) ⓘ
Hannibal, Missouri, United States → inspiredWork → St. Petersburg, Missouri (fictional town) ⓘ
subject surface form: Hannibal, Missouri
this entity surface form: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn setting of St. Petersburg, Missouri
Becky Thatcher → setting → St. Petersburg, Missouri (fictional town) ⓘ
Injun Joe → setIn → St. Petersburg, Missouri (fictional town) ⓘ
Muff Potter → setting → St. Petersburg, Missouri (fictional town) ⓘ
Judge Thatcher → residence → St. Petersburg, Missouri (fictional town) ⓘ
Mary → appearsInFictionalUniverse → St. Petersburg, Missouri (fictional town) ⓘ
Sid → setIn → St. Petersburg, Missouri (fictional town) ⓘ
Mark Twain’s Hannibal → inspired → St. Petersburg, Missouri (fictional town) ⓘ
Tom Sawyer (1917 film) → hasSetting → St. Petersburg, Missouri (fictional town) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mississippi River town of St. Petersburg, Missouri