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Aunt Polly searches and screams for Tom Sawyer: she wants to confront her nephew about some missing jam. Tom, however, is able to outwit his aunt and slips away. But Aunt Polly loves him so much she cannot be too harsh with him. She is concerned that he will play hooky that afternoon, and sure enough he does.

During the afternoon, Tom meets a boy from St.... More

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About the Novel
  Brief Synopsis
Summaries and Commentaries
  Chapter I - Tom Plays, Fights, and Hides
  Chapter II - The Glorious Whitewasher
  Chapter III - Busy at War and Love
  Chapters IV and V - Showing Off in Sunday-School; The Pinch-Bug and His Prey
  Chapters VI, VII, and VIII - Tom Meets Becky; Tick-Running and a Heartbreak; The Pirate Crew Set Sail
  Chapters IX, X, XI - Tragedy in the Graveyard; Dire Prophecy of the Howling Dog; Conscience Racks Tom
  Chapter XII - The Cat and the Pain Killer
  Chapters XIII and XIV - The Pirate Crew Set Sail; Happy Camp of the Freebooters
  Chapters XV and XVI - Tom’s Stealthy Visit Home; First Pipes—“I’ve Lost My Knife”
  Chapters XVII and XVIII - Pirates at Their Own Funeral; Tom Reveals His Dream Secret
  Chapters XIX and XX - The Cruelty of “I Don’t Think”; Tom Takes Becky’s Punishment
  Chapter XXI - Eloquence—The Master’s Gilded Dome
  Chapter XXII - Huck Finn Quotes Scriptures
  Chapters XXIII and XXIV - The Salvation of Muff Potter; Splendid Days and Fearful Nights
  Chapters XXV and XXVI - Seeking the Buried Treasure; Real Robbers Seize the Box of Gold
  Chapters XXVII and XXVIII - Trembling on the Trail; In the Lair of Injun Joe
  Chapters XXIX and XXX - Huck Saves the Widow; Tom and Becky in the Cave
  Chapters XXXI and XXXII - Found and Lost Again; “Turn Out! They’re Found!”
  Chapters XXXIII and XXXIV - The Fate of Injun Joe; Floods of Gold
  Chapter XXXV - Respectable Huck Joins the Gang; Conclusions
 

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