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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Mark Twain

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

by Mark Twain(ella_park)

ChildrenFictionpublic

Tom Sawyer's mischievous adventures along the Mississippi, including witnessing a murder, hunting for treasure, and winning the heart of Becky Thatcher.

36 chapters
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69,905 words
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Chapters

CHAPTER XXXV. A New Order of Things—Poor Huck—New Adventures Planned — ILLUSTRATIONS

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CHAPTER I — “Tom!”

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CHAPTER II — Saturday morning was come, and all the summer world was bright and

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CHAPTER III — Tom presented himself before Aunt Polly, who was sitting by an

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CHAPTER IV — The sun rose upon a tranquil world, and beamed down upon the peaceful

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CHAPTER V — About half-past ten the cracked bell of the small church began to ring,

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CHAPTER VI — Monday morning found Tom Sawyer miserable. Monday morning always found

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CHAPTER VII — The harder Tom tried to fasten his mind on his book, the more his ideas

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CHAPTER VIII — Tom dodged hither and thither through lanes until he was well out of the

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CHAPTER IX — At half-past nine, that night, Tom and Sid were sent to bed, as usual.

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CHAPTER X — The two boys flew on and on, toward the village, speechless with

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CHAPTER XI — Close upon the hour of noon the whole village was suddenly electrified

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CHAPTER XII — One of the reasons why Tom’s mind had drifted away from its secret

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CHAPTER XIII — Tom’s mind was made up now. He was gloomy and desperate. He was a

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CHAPTER XIV — When Tom awoke in the morning, he wondered where he was. He sat up and

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CHAPTER XV — A few minutes later Tom was in the shoal water of the bar, wading toward

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CHAPTER XVI — After dinner all the gang turned out to hunt for turtle eggs on the bar.

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CHAPTER XVII — But there was no hilarity in the little town that same tranquil Saturday

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CHAPTER XVIII — That was Tom’s great secret—the scheme to return home with his brother

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CHAPTER XIX — Tom arrived at home in a dreary mood, and the first thing his aunt said

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CHAPTER XX — There was something about Aunt Polly’s manner, when she kissed Tom, that

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CHAPTER XXI — Vacation was approaching. The schoolmaster, always severe, grew severer

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CHAPTER XXII — Tom joined the new order of Cadets of Temperance, being attracted by the

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CHAPTER XXIII — At last the sleepy atmosphere was stirred—and vigorously: the murder

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CHAPTER XXIV — Tom was a glittering hero once more—the pet of the old, the envy of the

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CHAPTER XXV — There comes a time in every rightly-constructed boy’s life when he has

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CHAPTER XXVI — About noon the next day the boys arrived at the dead tree; they had come

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CHAPTER XXVII — The adventure of the day mightily tormented Tom’s dreams that night.

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CHAPTER XXVIII — That night Tom and Huck were ready for their adventure. They hung about

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CHAPTER XXIX — The first thing Tom heard on Friday morning was a glad piece of

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CHAPTER XXX — As the earliest suspicion of dawn appeared on Sunday morning, Huck came

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CHAPTER XXXI — Now to return to Tom and Becky’s share in the picnic. They tripped along

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CHAPTER XXXII — Tuesday afternoon came, and waned to the twilight. The village of St.

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CHAPTER XXXIII — Within a few minutes the news had spread, and a dozen skiff-loads of

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CHAPTER XXXIV — Huck said: “Tom, we can slope, if we can find a rope. The window ain’t

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CHAPTER XXXV — The reader may rest satisfied that Tom’s and Huck’s windfall made a

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