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Tom Sawyer, Detective is an 1896 novel by Mark Twain. It is a sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876), Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), and Tom Sawyer Abroad (1894). Tom Sawyer attempts to solve a mysterious murder in this burlesque of the immensely popular detective novels of the time.
- Mark Twain
- Detective fiction
- 1896
- 1896
Mark Twain. 3.54. 2,709 ratings211 reviews. Tom Sawyer attempts to solve a mysterious murder in this burlesque of the immensely popular detective novels of the time. Like Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the story is told using the first-person narrative voice of Huck Finn.
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Sep 14, 2004 · Tom Sawyer, Detective Credits: An Anonymous Volunteer and David Widger Language: English: LoC Class: PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature: Subject: Sawyer, Tom (Fictitious character) -- Fiction Subject: Mystery fiction Category: Text: EBook-No. 93: Release Date: Sep 14, 2004: Most Recently Updated: Feb 21, 2024 ...
- Mark Twain
- 1896
Apr 10, 2024 · Summary. An orphan, Tom Sawyer lives with his Aunt Polly and half brother, Sid, in St. Petersburg, Missouri, on the Mississippi River; the fictional town is based on Hannibal, Missouri, where Twain grew up. The early chapters highlight Tom’s propensity for trouble. First he angers his aunt by eating jam, then he gets in a fight with another boy.
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Jun 25, 2022 · Tom Sawyer, Detective. By Mark Twain. Contents. CHAPTER I. AN INVITATION FOR TOM AND HUCK. CHAPTER II. JAKE DUNLAP. CHAPTER III. A DIAMOND ROBBERY. CHAPTER IV. THE THREE SLEEPERS. CHAPTER V. A TRAGEDY IN THE WOODS. CHAPTER VI. PLANS TO SECURE THE DIAMONDS. CHAPTER VII. A NIGHT’S VIGIL. CHAPTER VIII. TALKING WITH THE GHOST. CHAPTER IX.
Jan 3, 2024 · Literature & Authors. Fiction. Tom Sawyer, Detective, a novella written by Mark Twain and published in 1896, was a parody of mystery stories, especially the Sherlock Holmes tales of Arthur Conan Doyle, which began to appear in 1887. Set in Arkansas, the novel was adapted into a movie in 1938.
Thomas "Tom" Sawyer (/ ˈ s ɔː j ər /) is the title character of the Mark Twain novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876). He appears in three other novels by Twain: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), Tom Sawyer Abroad (1894), and Tom Sawyer, Detective (1896).