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Tom Sawyer, Detective

by Mark Twain

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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.

FictionTom Sawyer (Fictitious character)American AuthorsBiographyMystery and detective storiesDetective and mystery storiesBoysHumorous storiesAdventureLiteratureReaders for new literatesAmerican fiction (fictional works by one author)