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A classic novel written by American novelist [[Mark Twain]] (Samuel Clemens).
A classic novel written by American novelist [[Mark Twain]] (Samuel Clemens).


''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'' is about [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|the young Tom Sawyer and his adventures]] growing up in the mid-western United States of the 1840's -- specifically, the mythical St. Petersburg, Missouri. The town is based on Twain's own Hannibal. A slice of Americana, ''Tom Sawyer'' is the precursor to the more recognized classic: ''[[Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Literature)|Adventures of Huckleberry Finn]]''.
'''''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer''''' is about [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|the young Tom Sawyer and his adventures]] growing up in the mid-western United States of the 1840s -- specifically, the mythical St. Petersburg, Missouri. The town is based on Twain's own Hannibal. A slice of Americana, ''Tom Sawyer'' is the precursor to the more recognized classic: ''[[Adventures of Huckleberry Finn]]''.


The book is in public domain, and the full text is available online at [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/74 Project Gutenberg].
The book is in public domain, and the full text is available online at [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/74 Project Gutenberg].


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* [[Fence Painting]]: Tom convinces one boy after another that he ''[[Reverse Psychology|likes]]'' whitewashing the fence, whereupon they trade knickknacks for a chance to take part. [http://www.pbs.org/marktwain/learnmore/writings_tom.html Read it in all its glory.]
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* [[Abusive Parents]]: Huck's dad.
* [[Abusive Parents]]: Huck's dad.
* [[The Alcoholic]]: Huck's dad, the "town drunk".
* [[The Alcoholic]]: Huck's dad, the "town drunk".
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** But then, once Huck does receive shoes from Widow Douglas, he can't stand wearing them.
** But then, once Huck does receive shoes from Widow Douglas, he can't stand wearing them.
* [[Breakout Character]]: Huckleberry Finn.
* [[Breakout Character]]: Huckleberry Finn.
* [[Cat Concerto]]: [[Invoked Trope|Invoked]]; Huck complains about a time that he had to stand around [[Nobody Here but Us Birds|meowing to signal Tom]] until a guy started throwing rocks at him through a window and exclaiming, "Dern that cat!"
* [[Cat Concerto]]: [[Invoked Trope|Invoked]]; Huck complains about a time that he had to stand around [[Nobody Here But Us Birds|meowing to signal Tom]] until a guy started throwing rocks at him through a window and exclaiming, "Dern that cat!"
* [[Delinquents]]: Tom and his friends.
* [[Delinquents]]: Tom and his friends.
* [[Disappointed in You]]: There is a passage where Aunt Polly starts crying and berating Tom. He thinks that for a moment, he hoped she'd just beat him.
* [[Disappointed in You]]: There is a passage where Aunt Polly starts crying and berating Tom. He thinks that for a moment, he hoped she'd just beat him.
* [[Does Not Like Shoes]]: both Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. Huck can't afford to buy shoes but probably wouldn't wear them even if he had them.
* [[Does Not Like Shoes]]: both Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. Huck can't afford to buy shoes but probably wouldn't wear them even if he had them.
* [[Draco in Leather Pants]]: [[In-Universe|In story]], there are women who treat Injun Joe like this and want him pardoned.
* [[Draco in Leather Pants]]: [[In-Universe|In story]], there are women who treat Injun Joe like this and want him pardoned.
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* [[Fence Painting]]: [[Trope Namer]]. Tom convinces one boy after another that he ''[[Reverse Psychology|likes]]'' whitewashing the fence, whereupon they trade knickknacks for a chance to take part. [http://www.pbs.org/marktwain/learnmore/writings_tom.html Read it in all its glory.]
* [[Forced Into Their Sunday Best]]: Tom in an early chapter, and later {{spoiler|Huck when the widow tries to civilize him}}.
* [[Forced Into Their Sunday Best]]: Tom in an early chapter, and later {{spoiler|Huck when the widow tries to civilize him}}.
* [[Free Range Children]]: To the extent that parents only worry if their kids don't come home for two or three nights in a row. After a local girl's birthday party, one of the planned activities was letting the kids wander through a cave and its elaborate system of unexplored tunnels, a cave where more than a few people have gotten lost and died.
* [[Free-Range Children]]: To the extent that parents only worry if their kids don't come home for two or three nights in a row. After a local girl's birthday party, one of the planned activities was letting the kids wander through a cave and its elaborate system of unexplored tunnels, a cave where more than a few people have gotten lost and died.
* [[Girl Next Door]]: Becky Thatcher
* [[Girl Next Door]]: Becky Thatcher
* [[Grave Robbing]]: This is what Dr. Robinson, Injun Joe and Muff Potter are doing in the graveyard until Joe murders Robinson. (Presumably for medical research, as the ringleader is a doctor.)
* [[Grave Robbing]]: This is what Dr. Robinson, Injun Joe and Muff Potter are doing in the graveyard until Joe murders Robinson. (Presumably for medical research, as the ringleader is a doctor.)
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* [[Inconvenient Itch]]: This happens to Tom Sawyer when he is trying to hide silently in the dark.
* [[Inconvenient Itch]]: This happens to Tom Sawyer when he is trying to hide silently in the dark.
* [[Loveable Rogue]]: Tom Sawyer
* [[Loveable Rogue]]: Tom Sawyer
* [[Nobody Here but Us Birds]]: Tom and Huck use cat cries to signal each other.
* [[Nobody Here But Us Birds]]: Tom and Huck use cat cries to signal each other.
* [[Operation Jealousy]]: Tom and Becky do this.
* [[Operation: Jealousy]]: Tom and Becky do this.
* [[Parental Abandonment]]: Huck's dad skipped town and left him to live on the streets. Huck is fine with this--[[Abusive Parents|his only fear is that his dad will show up again]].
* [[Parental Abandonment]]: Huck's dad skipped town and left him to live on the streets. Huck is fine with this--[[Abusive Parents|his only fear is that his dad will show up again]].
** Which he does, in ''[[Huckleberry Finn]]''.
** Which he does, in ''[[Huckleberry Finn]]''.
* [[The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything]]: Tom and his friends on their pirate adventure.
* [[The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything]]: Tom and his friends on their pirate adventure.
{{quote| So they inwardly resolved that so long as they remained in the business, their piracies should not again be sullied with the crime of stealing.}}
{{quote|So they inwardly resolved that so long as they remained in the business, their piracies should not again be sullied with the crime of stealing.}}
* [[Puppy Love]]: Tom and Becky
* [[Puppy Love]]: Tom and Becky
* [[Relax O Vision]]: "Let us draw the curtain of charity over the rest of the scene."
* [[Relax-O-Vision]]: "Let us draw the curtain of charity over the rest of the scene."
* [[The Savage Indian]]: Injun Joe
* [[The Savage Indian]]: Injun Joe
* [[The Tooth Hurts]]: Tom has a toothache and Aunt Polly decides the tooth has to come out. She ties one end of a string to the tooth and the other end to a bedpost, then frightens Tom with a hot coal. When Tom jerks away, the string yanks out the tooth.
* [[The Tooth Hurts]]: Tom has a toothache and Aunt Polly decides the tooth has to come out. She ties one end of a string to the tooth and the other end to a bedpost, then frightens Tom with a hot coal. When Tom jerks away, the string yanks out the tooth.


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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
“Like it? Well, I don’t see why I oughtn’t to like it. Does a boy get a chance to whitewash a fence every day?”[1]
Written by: Mark Twain
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First published: 1876
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A classic novel written by American novelist Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens).

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is about the young Tom Sawyer and his adventures growing up in the mid-western United States of the 1840s -- specifically, the mythical St. Petersburg, Missouri. The town is based on Twain's own Hannibal. A slice of Americana, Tom Sawyer is the precursor to the more recognized classic: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

The book is in public domain, and the full text is available online at Project Gutenberg.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is the Trope Namer for:
Tropes used in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer include:

So they inwardly resolved that so long as they remained in the business, their piracies should not again be sullied with the crime of stealing.

  • Puppy Love: Tom and Becky
  • Relax-O-Vision: "Let us draw the curtain of charity over the rest of the scene."
  • The Savage Indian: Injun Joe
  • The Tooth Hurts: Tom has a toothache and Aunt Polly decides the tooth has to come out. She ties one end of a string to the tooth and the other end to a bedpost, then frightens Tom with a hot coal. When Tom jerks away, the string yanks out the tooth.
  1. ↑ Image from a US commemorative stamp of 1972
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