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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

by Mark Twain

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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Jim is the young slave of Tom’s Aunt Polly in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Twain introduces him to add local color and realism, reflecting the antebellum South where slavery was prevalent. Although...

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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer was written in the mid 1800s and takes place in Missouri, along the Mississippi River. The southern dialect used by Twain is unique to this time period and helps create...

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