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Tom Sawyer, Detective

Tom Sawyer, Detective (1897)

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Tom Sawyer, Detective follows Twain's popular novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and Tom Sawyer Abroad. In this novel, Tom turns detective, trying to solve a murder. Twain plays with and celebrates the detective novel, wildly popular at the time. This novel, like the others, is told through the first-person narrative of Huck Finn.

Author: Mark Twain

ISBN: 9781071068045

Content Warnings

Identity & Discrimination

Racial slurs / racism (depicted)

Violence & Physical Harm

Gore / graphic violence (referenced)
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