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Works of Mark Twain: The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer: An Overview

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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Twain, Mark

Twain, Mark
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer: An Overview

The events of Tom Sawyer happen before those of Huck Finn. The story of
Tom Sawyer deals with the misadventures, really, of several children in the
little Missouri village of St. Petersburg, about thirty years before the Civil
War. The story takes place, that is, sometime during the 1830s.

As the story opens we get a picture of Tom Sawyer, his half-brother Sid
and his Aunt Polly. Tom is not the "Model Boy" of the village, nor does he
want to be. As a matter of fact, Tom seems to enjoy being in trouble: he's in
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