About this book
"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete" by Mark Twain is a novel published in 1876 about a mischievous boy growing up along the Mississippi River in the 1830s-1840s. Tom Sawyer and his friend Huckleberry Finn navigate childhood adventures that take increasingly dangerous turns when they witness a murder in a graveyard. Sworn to secrecy and living in fear, the boys must decide whether to speak the truth as an innocent man faces trial, while a vengeful killer remains free.
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Details
- Author
- Mark Twain, 1835–1910
- Written
- 1876
- Form
- Novel
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Adventure, Novels, Classics of Literature, American Literature
- Reading level
- Easy to read
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- 1 July 2004, on Project Gutenberg
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Humorous storiesBildungsromansBoys · FictionMale friendship · FictionAdventure storiesMissouri · FictionSawyer, Tom (Fictitious character) · FictionChild witnesses · FictionRunaway children · FictionMississippi River Valley · Fiction