Tom Sawyer, Detective

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"Tom Sawyer, Detective" is a lesser-known sequel to Mark Twain’s classic Tom Sawyer stories, following Tom and Huck as they unravel a mystery in a comedic, satirical take on detective fiction.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf detective fiction work
novel
sequel
author Mark Twain
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
featuresCharacter Aunt Sally Phelps
Silas Phelps
surface form: Uncle Silas Phelps
featuresElement courtroom trial
murder mystery
follows The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Tom Sawyer Abroad
genre comedy
detective fiction
satire
hasTheme mistaken identity
parody of detective fiction
rural life in the American South
satire of legal systems
hasTitleCharacter Tom Sawyer
hasTone humorous
satirical
intendedAudience general readership
literaryForm prose
literaryMovement American literature
mainCharacter Huckleberry Finn
Tom Sawyer
narrativePointOfView first-person
narrator Huckleberry Finn
originalLanguage English
partOfSeries Tom Sawyer universe
surface form: Tom Sawyer series
settingLocation Arkansas
timePeriodOfSetting 19th century
workInvolves disguise
false accusations
investigation

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Aunt Polly appearsIn Tom Sawyer, Detective
Sid Sawyer appearsIn Tom Sawyer, Detective
subject surface form: St. Petersburg, Missouri
Tom Sawyer appearsIn Tom Sawyer, Detective
Huckleberry Finn appearsInWork Tom Sawyer, Detective
Tom Sawyer Abroad followedBy Tom Sawyer, Detective
Tom Sawyer universe includesWork Tom Sawyer, Detective