The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

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Preface
Most of the adventures recorded in this book really occurred; one or two were experiences of my own, the rest those of boys who were school…
Chapter I
“Tom!” No answer. “TOM!” No answer. “What’s gone with that boy, I wonder? You TOM!” No answer. The old lady pulled her spectacles down and…
Chapter II
Saturday morning was come, and all the summer world was bright and fresh, and brimming with life. There was a song in every heart; and if t…
Chapter III
Tom presented himself before Aunt Polly, who was sitting by an open window in a pleasant rearward apartment, which was bedroom, breakfast-r…
Chapter IV
The sun rose upon a tranquil world, and beamed down upon the peaceful village like a benediction. Breakfast over, Aunt Polly had family wor…
Chapter V
About half-past ten the cracked bell of the small church began to ring, and presently the people began to gather for the morning sermon. Th…
Chapter VI
Monday morning found Tom Sawyer miserable. Monday morning always found him so—because it began another week’s slow suffering in school. He…
Chapter VII
The harder Tom tried to fasten his mind on his book, the more his ideas wandered. So at last, with a sigh and a yawn, he gave it up. It see…
Chapter VIII
Tom dodged hither and thither through lanes until he was well out of the track of returning scholars, and then fell into a moody jog. He cr…
Chapter IX
At half-past nine, that night, Tom and Sid were sent to bed, as usual. They said their prayers, and Sid was soon asleep. Tom lay awake and…
Chapter X
The two boys flew on and on, toward the village, speechless with horror. They glanced backward over their shoulders from time to time, appr…
Chapter XI
Close upon the hour of noon the whole village was suddenly electrified with the ghastly news. No need of the as yet un-dreamed-of telegraph…
Chapter XII
One of the reasons why Tom’s mind had drifted away from its secret troubles was, that it had found a new and weighty matter to interest its…
Chapter XIII
Tom’s mind was made up now. He was gloomy and desperate. He was a forsaken, friendless boy, he said; nobody loved him; when they found out…
Chapter XIV
When Tom awoke in the morning, he wondered where he was. He sat up and rubbed his eyes and looked around. Then he comprehended. It was the…
Chapter XV
A few minutes later Tom was in the shoal water of the bar, wading toward the Illinois shore. Before the depth reached his middle he was hal…
Chapter XVI
After dinner all the gang turned out to hunt for turtle eggs on the bar. They went about poking sticks into the sand, and when they found a…
Chapter XVII
But there was no hilarity in the little town that same tranquil Saturday afternoon. The Harpers, and Aunt Polly’s family, were being put in…
Chapter XVIII
That was Tom’s great secret—the scheme to return home with his brother pirates and attend their own funerals. They had paddled over to the…
Chapter XIX
Tom arrived at home in a dreary mood, and the first thing his aunt said to him showed him that he had brought his sorrows to an unpromising…
Chapter XX
There was something about Aunt Polly’s manner, when she kissed Tom, that swept away his low spirits and made him lighthearted and happy aga…
Chapter XXI
Vacation was approaching. The schoolmaster, always severe, grew severer and more exacting than ever, for he wanted the school to make a goo…
Chapter XXII
Tom joined the new order of Cadets of Temperance, being attracted by the showy character of their “regalia.” He promised to abstain from sm…
Chapter XXIII
At last the sleepy atmosphere was stirred—and vigorously: the murder trial came on in the court. It became the absorbing topic of village t…
Chapter XXIV
Tom was a glittering hero once more—the pet of the old, the envy of the young. His name even went into immortal print, for the village pape…
Chapter XXV
There comes a time in every rightly-constructed boy’s life when he has a raging desire to go somewhere and dig for hidden treasure. This de…
Chapter XXVI
About noon the next day the boys arrived at the dead tree; they had come for their tools. Tom was impatient to go to the haunted house; Huc…
Chapter XXVII · Chapter XXVIII
Chapter XXVII The adventure of the day mightily tormented Tom’s dreams that night. Four times he had his hands on that rich treasure and fo…
Chapter XXIX
The first thing Tom heard on Friday morning was a glad piece of news—Judge Thatcher’s family had come back to town the night before. Both I…
Chapter XXX
As the earliest suspicion of dawn appeared on Sunday morning, Huck came groping up the hill and rapped gently at the old Welshman’s door. T…
Chapter XXXI
Now to return to Tom and Becky’s share in the picnic. They tripped along the murky aisles with the rest of the company, visiting the famili…
Chapter XXXII
Tuesday afternoon came, and waned to the twilight. The village of St. Petersburg still mourned. The lost children had not been found. Publi…
Chapter XXXIII
Within a few minutes the news had spread, and a dozen skiff-loads of men were on their way to McDougal’s cave, and the ferryboat, well fill…
Chapter XXXIV
Huck said: “Tom, we can slope, if we can find a rope. The window ain’t high from the ground.” “Shucks! what do you want to slope for?” “Wel…
Chapter XXXV
The reader may rest satisfied that Tom’s and Huck’s windfall made a mighty stir in the poor little village of St. Petersburg. So vast a sum…