Author | Mark Twain |
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Language | English |
Genre | Bildungsroman, picaresque novel, satire, folk, children's literature |
Publisher | American Publishing Company |
Publication date | June 9, 1876[1] |
Publication place | United States |
OCLC | 47052486 |
813.4 | |
LC Class | PZ7.T88 Ad 2001 |
Followed by | Adventures of Huckleberry Finn |
Text | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer at Wikisource |
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (also simply known as Tom Sawyer) is a novel by Mark Twain published on 9 June 1876 about a boy, Tom Sawyer, growing up along the Mississippi River. It is set in the 1840s in the town of St. Petersburg, which is based on Hannibal, Missouri, where Twain lived as a boy.[2] In the novel, Sawyer has several adventures, often with his friend Huckleberry Finn. Originally a commercial failure, the book ended up being the best-selling of Twain's works during his lifetime.[3][4] Though overshadowed by its 1885 sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the book is considered by many to be a masterpiece of American literature.[5] It is alleged by Mark Twain to be one of the first novels to be written on a typewriter.[6]