The Adventures of Tom Sawyer A Novel by Mark Twain About a Young Boy Growing Up Along the Mississippi River

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain is an 1876 novel about a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River. The story is set in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, inspired by Hannibal, Missouri, where Twain lived. Tom Sawyer lives with his Aunt Polly and his half-brother Sid.
• Tom dirties his clothes in a fight and is made to whitewash the fence the next day as punishment. He cleverly persuades his friends to trade him small treasures for the privilege of doing his work. He then trades the treasures for Sunday School tickets which one normally receives for memorizing verses, redeeming them for a Bible, much to the surprise and bewilderment of the superintendent who thought "it was simply preposterous that this boy had warehoused two thousand sheaves of Scriptural wisdom on his premises-a dozen would strain his capacity, without a doubt." Tom falls in love with Becky Thatcher, a new girl in town, and persuades her to get "engaged" by kissing him. But their romance collapses when she learns Tom has been "engaged" previously to Amy Lawrence. Shortly after Becky shuns him, he accompanies Huckleberry Finn to the graveyard at night, where they witness the murder of Dr. Robinson.

• After the Civil War, Samuel Clemens (1835-1910) left his small town to seek work as a riverboat pilot. As Mark Twain, the Missouri native found his place in the world. Author, journalist, lecturer, wit, and sage, Twain created enduring works that have enlightened and amused readers of all ages for generations. Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 - April 21, 1910), known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. He was lauded as the "greatest humorist this country has produced", and William Faulkner called him "the father of American literature". His novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), the latter often called "The Great American Novel". Notable Mark Twain novels includes:

• The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (1873)
• The Prince and the Pauper (1881)
• A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889)
• The American Claimant (1892)
• Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894)
• Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc (1896)
• A Horse's Tale (1907)

• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876)
• Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884)
• Tom Sawyer Abroad (1894)
• Tom Sawyer, Detective (1896)
• "Schoolhouse Hill" (6 chapters) in The Mysterious Stranger (c.1898, unfinished)
• "Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer among the Indians" (c. 1884, 9 chapters, unfinished)
• "Huck Finn" (1903, unfinished)
• "Tom Sawyer's Conspiracy" (10 chapters, unfinished)
• "Tom Sawyer's Gang Plans a Naval Battle" (unfinished)

• "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" (1865)
• "General Washington's Negro Body-Servant" (1868)[4]
• "Cannibalism in the Cars" (1868)
• "A Ghost Story" (1870)[6]:176-180
• "A True Story, Repeated Word for Word As I Heard It" (1874)[6]:70-73
• "Some Learned Fables for Good Old Boys and Girls" (1875)[6]:77-83
• "The Story Of The Bad Little Boy" (1875)
• "The Story Of The Good Little Boy" (1875)
• "A Murder, a Mystery, and a Marriage" (1876)
• "Those Extraordinary Twins" (1892)
• "The Esquimau Maiden's Romance" (1893)
• "The Million Pound Bank Note" (1893)[6]:226-238
• "The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg" (1900)
• "Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven" (1909)
• "My Platonic Sweetheart" (1912, posthumous)
• "The Purloining of Prince Oleomargarine"[8] (2017, posthumous)