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Tom Sawyer, Detective

by Mark Twain

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First published: 1896
Pages: 70

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Chapter I An Invitation for Tom and Huck
10:12
Chapter II Jake Dunlap
8:33
Chapter III. A Diamond Robbery
11:30
Chapter IV The Three Sleepers
7:52
Chapter V A Tragedy in the Woods
5:36
Chapter VI Plans Secure the Diamonds
10:21
Chapter VII A Night's Vigil
8:12
Chapter VIII Talking with the Ghost
9:42
Chapter IX Finding of Jubiter Dunlap
10:28
Chapter X The Arrest of Uncle Silas
6:50
Chapter XI Tom Sawyer Discovers the Murderers
39:10

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About this book

Twain returned to Tom and Huck one more time in 1896, this time as a tight little mystery novel. The boys travel down to Arkansas to visit Uncle Silas and Aunt Sally Phelps, the same family from the end of Huckleberry Finn, and they walk straight into a murder case involving stolen diamonds, a pair of feuding twin brothers, and a corpse that may or may not be who everyone thinks it is. Huck narrates, as in the previous book, but the tone is lighter and the social commentary is mostly set aside. The plot moves through a courtroom finale where Tom Sawyer delivers the kind of dramatic reveal he was always going to deliver if Twain let him. The book was apparently inspired by a real Danish case Twain read about. It is short, breezy, and not the place to begin with Twain. If you have already read the other Tom and Huck books, though, it is a fun final visit with familiar voices.

About the author

Mark Twain

Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist. He has been praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced", with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature".