what is the city tom sawyer lives in?

Question

in the book, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, where does the main charachter live?

Answer 1

St Petersburg, Missouri
From Chapter 1 of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, where Tom and Huck first meet:

"The summer evenings were long. It was not dark, yet. Presently Tom checked his whistle. A stranger was before him -- a boy a shade larger than himself. A new-comer of any age or either sex was an impressive curiosity in the poor little shabby village of St. Petersburg. This boy was well dressed, too -- well dressed on a week-day. This was simply astounding. His cap was a dainty thing, his closebuttoned blue cloth roundabout was new and natty, and so were his pantaloons. He had shoes on -- and it was only Friday. He even wore a necktie, a bright bit of ribbon. He had a citified air about him that ate into Tom's vitals. The more Tom stared at the splendid marvel, the higher he turned up his nose at his finery and the shabbier and shabbier his own outfit seemed to him to grow. Neither boy spoke. If one moved, the other moved -- but only sidewise, in a circle; they kept face to face and eye to eye all the time. Finally Tom said:

"I can lick you!"

"I'd like to see you try it."

"Well, I can do it." "

Answer 2

Sorry. All of the answers above are right, and all of them are wrong.

Yes, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer takes place in a fictional village (not really a city) that is called St. Petersburg, Missouri. But the village is based rather precisely on Hannibal, Missouri, where tourists still flock to see the river, the cave, the street that was the main street of the town in those days, and the boyhood home of Tom Sawyer (i.e., Mark Twain; i.e., Sam Clemens).

There is a St. Peters, Missouri, about thirty miles west of St. Louis, NOT a river town and NOT the home of Tom Sawyer or Mark Twain.

So Tom Sawyer lives in the (fictional) town of St. Petersburg, which is (actually) the town of Hannibal.

Answer 3

St Petersburg, Missouri

Answer 4

Hannibal, Missouri

Answer 5

Hannibal, MO

It's across the river from Quincy, IL

Answer 6

ST. Petersburg, Missouri
I LOVE THAT BOOK!!!!!!

Answer 7

the gypsy in Chocolat (played by Johnny Depp in the movie)

Answer 8

i think it was hannibal,il or across the river in mo

Answer 9

hanibal MO

Answer 10

St. Petersburg, Missouri

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