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Novel published in 1876
Set in a Mississippi River town
Based on Hannibal, Missouri

What is The Adventures of Tom Sawyer about?

Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer was published in 1876. Tom is a mischievous boy growing up in St Petersburg, a small town on the Mississippi River in Missouri, in the 1840s, and lives with his Aunt Polly.

The book follows his schemes, including getting friends to whitewash a fence for him, and his adventures with Huck Finn and Becky Thatcher. A night in a graveyard leads to a murder trial, and later a cave. Twain based the town on his boyhood home of Hannibal.

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Preface I: Tom Plays, Fights, and Hides II: The Glorious Whitewasher III: Busy at War and Love IV: Showing Off in Sunday School V: The Pinch-Bug and His Prey VI: Tom Meets Becky VII: Tick-Running and a Heartbreak VIII: A Pirate Bold to Be IX: Tragedy in the Graveyard X: Dire Prophecy of the Howling Dog XI: Conscience Racks Tom XII: The Cat and the Painkiller XIII: The Pirate Crew Set Sail XIV: Happy Camp of the Freebooters XV: Tom’s Stealthy Visit Home XVI: First Pipes—“I’ve Lost My Knife”XVII: Pirates at Their Own Funeral XVIII: Tom Reveals His Dream Secret XIX: The Cruelty of “I Didn’t Think”XX: Tom Takes Becky’s Punishment XXI: Eloquence—and the Master’s Guilded Dome XXII: Huck Finn Quotes Scriptures XXIII: The Salvation of Muff Potter XXIV: Splendid Days and Fearsome Nights XXV: Seeking the Buried Treasure XXVI: Real Robbers Seize the Box of Gold XXVII: Trembling on the Trail XXVIII: In the Lair of Injun Joe XXIX: Huck Saves the Widow XXX: Tom and Becky in the Cave XXXI: Found and Lost Again XXXII: “Turn Out! They’re Found!”XXXIII: The Fate of Injun Joe XXXIV: Floods of Gold XXXV: Respectable Huck Joins the Gang Conclusion Endnotes

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Is The Adventures of Tom Sawyer free to download?

Yes. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer was first published in 1876, so it is in the US public domain. Mark Twain died in 1910, so it is also free in the EU, where copyright ends 70 years after death. This edition comes from Standard Ebooks, which releases its texts under CC0.

What is Tom Sawyer about?

A mischievous boy has adventures along the Mississippi, including seeing a murder and getting lost in a cave.

Is Tom Sawyer connected to Huckleberry Finn?

Yes. Huck appears here as Tom's friend and has his own book, Huckleberry Finn.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer free PDF and EPUB