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.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
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 ⓘ surface form: Widow Douglas's house
countrySetting	United States of America ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ Silas Phelps ⓘ surface form: 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	Realism ⓘ surface form: 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)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aunt Polly → fictionalUniverse → Tom Sawyer universe ⓘ

Becky Thatcher → fictionalUniverse → Tom Sawyer universe ⓘ

The King → fictionalUniverse → Tom Sawyer universe ⓘ

this entity surface form: Huckleberry Finn universe

Tom Sawyer Abroad → hasFictionalUniverse → Tom Sawyer universe ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tom Sawyer–Huckleberry Finn universe

Tom Sawyer Abroad → literarySeries → Tom Sawyer universe ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tom Sawyer series

Hannibal historic district → notableFor → Tom Sawyer universe ⓘ

this entity surface form: connection to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Joe Harper → partOf → Tom Sawyer universe ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tom Sawyer series

Tom Sawyer, Detective → partOfSeries → Tom Sawyer universe ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tom Sawyer series