Tom Sawyer universe

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fictional universe literary setting

The Tom Sawyer universe is the fictional setting created by Mark Twain that encompasses the adventures of Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, Becky Thatcher, and other characters in and around the Mississippi River town of St. Petersburg.

Aliases (4)

Tom Sawyer series ×3
Huckleberry Finn universe ×1
Tom Sawyer–Huckleberry Finn universe ×1
connection to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional universe → literary setting →
basedOn	Hannibal, Missouri NERFINISHED →
containsLocation	Aunt Polly's house → Jackson's Island → McDougal's Cave → Phelps farm → St. Petersburg graveyard → St. Petersburg schoolhouse → Widow Douglas's house →
countrySetting	United States →
creator	Mark Twain →
featuresCharacter	Aunt Polly → Aunt Sally Phelps → Becky Thatcher → Huckleberry Finn → Injun Joe → Jim → Joe Harper → Judge Thatcher → Muff Potter → Pap Finn → Sid Sawyer → The Duke → The King → Tom Sawyer → Uncle Silas Phelps → Widow Douglas →
genre	adventure fiction → coming-of-age fiction →
includesWork	Adventures of Huckleberry Finn → The Adventures of Tom Sawyer → Tom Sawyer Abroad → Tom Sawyer, Detective →
language	English →
literaryMovement	American realism →
locatedOn	Mississippi River →
narrativePerspective	first-person (Huckleberry Finn) → third-person (Tom Sawyer) →
notableAdaptationDomain	film → television → theatre →
primarySetting	St. Petersburg →
recurringTheme	childhood and adolescence → freedom and slavery → moral development → satire of society →
settingType	fictional Mississippi River town →
stateSetting	Missouri →
timePeriod	19th century →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Aunt Polly → Becky Thatcher → The King ("Huckleberry Finn universe") →	fictionalUniverse
Tom Sawyer Abroad ("Tom Sawyer–Huckleberry Finn universe") →	hasFictionalUniverse
Tom Sawyer Abroad ("Tom Sawyer series") →	literarySeries
Hannibal historic district ("connection to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer") →	notableFor
Joe Harper ("Tom Sawyer series") →	partOf
Tom Sawyer, Detective ("Tom Sawyer series") →	partOfSeries