The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

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American literature literary work novel

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a classic 1876 novel by Mark Twain that follows the mischievous exploits of a boy growing up along the Mississippi River, capturing American small-town life with humor and satire.

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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer canonical 70
Tom and Huck 4
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American literature ⓘ
literary work ⓘ
novel ⓘ
adaptedAs animated film ⓘ
film ⓘ
stage play ⓘ
television series ⓘ
antagonist Injun Joe ⓘ
author Mark Twain ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
firstEditionFormat print ⓘ
firstPublishedIn United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
genre adventure fiction ⓘ
children's novel ⓘ
coming-of-age novel ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasCharacter Aunt Polly ⓘ
Becky Thatcher ⓘ
Huckleberry Finn ⓘ
Injun Joe ⓘ
Tom Sawyer ⓘ
hasSequel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ⓘ
inspiredBy Mark Twain's boyhood in Hannibal, Missouri ⓘ
literaryPeriod 19th-century American literature ⓘ
literarySignificance classic of American literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Aunt Polly ⓘ
Becky Thatcher ⓘ
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ⓘ
surface form: Huckleberry Finn

Joe Harper ⓘ
Sid Sawyer ⓘ
Tom Sawyer ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
notableEpisode Tom and Becky lost in the cave ⓘ
Tom and Huck witnessing a murder in the graveyard ⓘ
whitewashing the fence ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
protagonist Tom Sawyer ⓘ
publicationDate 1876 ⓘ
publisher American Publishing Company ⓘ
settingLocation Mississippi River ⓘ
St. Petersburg, Missouri (fictional town) ⓘ
targetAudience general audience ⓘ
young readers ⓘ
theme childhood and growing up ⓘ
freedom and adventure ⓘ
moral development ⓘ
social conventions and hypocrisy ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting pre-Civil War America ⓘ

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