The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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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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| instanceOf |
American literature
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literary work → novel → |
| adaptedAs |
animated film
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film → stage play → television series → |
| antagonist |
Injun Joe
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| author |
Mark Twain
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| firstEditionFormat |
print
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| firstPublishedIn |
United States
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| genre |
adventure fiction
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children's novel → coming-of-age novel → satire → |
| hasCharacter |
Aunt Polly
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Becky Thatcher → Huckleberry Finn → Injun Joe → Tom Sawyer → |
| hasSequel |
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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| inspiredBy |
Mark Twain's boyhood in Hannibal, Missouri
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| literaryPeriod |
19th-century American literature
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| literarySignificance |
classic of American literature
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| mainCharacter |
Aunt Polly
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Becky Thatcher → Huckleberry Finn → Joe Harper → Sid Sawyer → Tom Sawyer → |
| narrativePerspective |
third-person narration
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| notableEpisode |
Tom and Becky lost in the cave
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Tom and Huck witnessing a murder in the graveyard → whitewashing the fence → |
| originalLanguage |
English
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| protagonist |
Tom Sawyer
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| publicationDate |
1876
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| publisher |
American Publishing Company
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| settingLocation |
Mississippi River
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St. Petersburg, Missouri (fictional town) → |
| targetAudience |
general audience
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young readers → |
| theme |
childhood and growing up
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freedom and adventure → moral development → social conventions and hypocrisy → |
| timePeriodOfSetting |
pre-Civil War America
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