The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is an 1876 novel by Mark Twain about a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River. The story's classic themes of adventure, childhood bravery, and moral development continue to resonate with modern readers.

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Preface

I: Tom Plays, Fights, and Hides

II: The Glorious Whitewasher

III: Busy at War and Love

IV: Showing Off in Sunday School

V: The Pinch-Bug and His Prey

VI: Tom Meets Becky

VII: Tick-Running and a Heartbreak

VIII: A Pirate Bold to Be

IX: Tragedy in the Graveyard

X: Dire Prophecy of the Howling Dog

XI: Conscience Racks Tom

XII: The Cat and the Painkiller

XIII: The Pirate Crew Set Sail

XIV: Happy Camp of the Freebooters

XV: Tom’s Stealthy Visit Home

XVI: First Pipes—“I’ve Lost My Knife”

XVII: Pirates at Their Own Funeral

XVIII: Tom Reveals His Dream Secret

XIX: The Cruelty of “I Didn’t Think”

XX: Tom Takes Becky’s Punishment

XXI: Eloquence—and the Master’s Guilded Dome

XXII: Huck Finn Quotes Scriptures

XXIII: The Salvation of Muff Potter

XXIV: Splendid Days and Fearsome Nights

XXV: Seeking the Buried Treasure

XXVI: Real Robbers Seize the Box of Gold

XXVII: Trembling on the Trail

XXVIII: In the Lair of Injun Joe

XXIX: Huck Saves the Widow

XXX: Tom and Becky in the Cave

XXXI: Found and Lost Again

XXXII: “Turn Out! They’re Found!”

XXXIII: The Fate of Injun Joe

XXXIV: Floods of Gold

XXXV: Respectable Huck Joins the Gang

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Conclusion

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