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.


Statements (48)
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
firstEditionFormat print
firstPublishedIn 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
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

Referenced by (52)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Aunt Polly
Becky Thatcher
Becky Thatcher ("The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876 novel)")
Injun Joe
Joe Harper
Judge Thatcher
Mary
Muff Potter
Sid
Sid Sawyer
St. Petersburg, Missouri
Tom Sawyer
Widow Douglas
appearsIn
Aunt Polly
Becky Thatcher
Huckleberry Finn
Injun Joe
Joe Harper
Muff Potter
Sid Sawyer
Widow Douglas
firstAppearance
Hannibal, Missouri
Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum
Nook Farm
associatedWithWork
Jeff East ("Mark Twain’s novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer")
Tom Sawyer (1973 film)
Tom Sawyer fence painting competition
basedOn
Hannibal, Missouri
Laura Hawkins
Mark Twain Cave
inspiredWork
Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens
William Cameron Menzies ("The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938 film)")
notableWork
Aunt Polly
Huckleberry Finn
appearsInWork
Cardiff Hill
Laura Hawkins
associatedWith
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Tom Sawyer, Detective
follows
Tom Sawyer (1973 film) ("The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (novel)")
adaptationOf
National Tom Sawyer Days
celebrates
Tom Sawyer fence painting competition ("promotes reading of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer")
culturalSignificance
Judge Thatcher ("1876 (The Adventures of Tom Sawyer)")
firstPublicationOfWork
St. Petersburg, Missouri
firstPublishedInWork
Tom Sawyer universe
includesWork
Tom and Huck Statue
inspiredBy
James R. Osgood & Co.
notableWorkPublished
Mark Twain House and Museum
notableWorkWrittenThere
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
precededBy
Tom Sawyer Abroad
prequel
St. Petersburg, Missouri
primarySettingOf
Becky Thatcher House
relatedWork

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