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Thomas Sawyer (/ˈsɔːjər/) is the titular character of the Mark Twain novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876). He appears in three other novels by Twain: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), Tom Sawyer Abroad (1894), and Tom Sawyer, Detective (1896).

This article is about the literary character. For the book, see The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. For other uses, see Tom Sawyer (disambiguation).
Tom Sawyer
1876 illustration by True Williams
First appearanceThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Last appearanceTom Sawyer, Detective
Created byMark Twain
In-universe information
FamilyAunt Polly (aunt)
Sally Phelps (aunt)
Mary (cousin)
Sid (younger half-brother)

Sawyer also appears in at least three unfinished Twain works, Huck and Tom Among the Indians, Schoolhouse Hill, and Tom Sawyer's Conspiracy. While all three uncompleted works were posthumously published, only Tom Sawyer's Conspiracy has a complete plot, as Twain abandoned the other two works after finishing only a few chapters. It is set in the 1840s in the Mississippi.


Inspiration


The fictional character's name may have been derived from a jolly and flamboyant chief named Tom Sawyer, with whom Twain was acquainted in San Francisco, California, while Twain was employed as a reporter at The San Francisco Call.[1][2] Twain used to listen to Sawyer tell stories of his youth, "Sam, he would listen to these pranks of mine with great interest and he'd occasionally take 'em down in his notebook. One day he says to me: ‘I am going to put you between the covers of a book some of these days, Tom.’ ‘Go ahead, Sam,’ I said, ‘but don’t disgrace my name.’"[2] Twain himself said the character sprang from three people, later identified as: John B. Briggs (who died in 1907), William Bowen (who died in 1893) and Twain;[2] however Twain later changed his story saying Sawyer was fully formed solely from his imagination, but as Robert Graysmith says, "The great appropriator liked to pretend his characters sprang fully grown from his fertile mind."[2]


Portrayals


Actors who have portrayed Tom Sawyer in films and TV:


References


  1. "Biography of Tom Sawyer - 1900". Sfmuseum.net. 1996-09-01. Retrieved 2012-07-24.
  2. Robert Graysmith (October 2012). "The Adventures of the Real Tommy". Smithsonian. Retrieved October 1, 2012.



На других языках

- [en] Tom Sawyer

[es] Tom Sawyer (personaje)

Tom Sawyer es el personaje principal de la novela de Mark Twain Las aventuras de Tom Sawyer (1876). Aparece en otras tres novelas de Twain: Las aventuras de Huckleberry Finn (1884), Tom Sawyer Abroad (1894) y Tom Sawyer, Detective (1896).

[fr] Tom Sawyer

Tom Sawyer est un personnage de fiction que Mark Twain a fait apparaître en 1876 dans Les Aventures de Tom Sawyer et dans plusieurs autres œuvres ultérieures. Inspiré de la jeunesse de l'auteur et du nom de son ami Tom Sawyer Spivey, c'est un personnage qui est devenu un symbole de liberté dans la culture populaire, mais que Twain a dépeint de manière contrastée et parfois critique.

[it] Tom Sawyer

Thomas "Tom" Sawyer è un personaggio immaginario creato dallo scrittore statunitense Mark Twain, protagonista del romanzo per ragazzi Le avventure di Tom Sawyer del 1876. Egli appare successivamente anche in altri tre libri di Twain: il romanzo Le avventure di Huckleberry Finn del 1884, il romanzo Tom Sawyer Abroad del 1894 e il racconto Tom Sawyer Detective del 1896 (sempre in compagnia dell'amico Huckleberry Finn). Riassunto breve: il ragazzino con la zattera.

[ru] Том Сойер

Том (То́мас) Со́йер (англ. Tom Sawyer) — один из главных персонажей романов Марка Твена: «Приключения Тома Сойера» (1876), «Том Сойер за границей» (1894) и «Том Сойер — сыщик» (1896); также персонаж романа «Приключения Гекльберри Финна».


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