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Title:
Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Author: Mark Twain
First Published in: 1876
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, a novel by Mark Twain,
published 1876. Tom, a lively and adventurous lad, lives
with his priggish brother Sid and his good-hearted Aunt
Polly in the quiet town of St Petersburg, Missouri. His
companion is the irrepressible Huckleberry Finn, and
together they embark on many exploits, during one of
which they happen to observe Injun Joe stab the town
doctor to death and attempt to incriminate the drunken
Muff Potter; Tom is later able to absolve Potter at his
trial. Tom and his sweetheart Becky Thatcher wander away
from a school picnic and are lost for three days in a
cave, where Tom spies Injun Joe; after the children are
rescued Injun Joe is found dead and his treasure is
divided between Tom and Hock. Hocks subsequent escapades
become the subject of the classic sequel The Adventures
of Huckleberry Finn.
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