Table of contents

1. Cover
2. Title Page
3. Copyright Page
4. Table of Contents
5. Illustrations
6. Foreword
7. The Writing of Tom Sawyer
8. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
9. Dedication Page
10. Preface
11. 1. Y-o-u-u Tom—Aunt Polly Decides Upon her Duty—Tom Practices Music-The Challenge-A Private Entrance
12. 2. Strong Temptations—Strategic Movements—The Innocents Beguiled
13. 3. Tom as a General—Triumph and Reward—Dismal Felicity—Commission and Omission
14. 4. Mental Acrobatics—Attending Sunday—School—The Superintendent—"Showing off—Tom Lionized
15. 5. A Useful Minister—In Church—The Climax
16. 6. Self-Examination—Dentistry—The Midnight Charm—Witches and Devils—Cautious Approaches—Happy Hours
17. 7. A Treaty Entered Into—Early Lessons—A Mistake Made
18. 8. Tom Decides on his Course—Old Scenes Re-enacted
19. 9. A Solemn Situation—Grave Subjects Introduced—Injun Joe Explains
20. 10. The Solemn Oath—Terror Brings Repentance—Mental Punishment
21. 11. Muff Potter Comes Himself—Tom's Conscience at Work
22. 12. Tom Shows his Generosity—Aunt Polly Weakens
23. 13. The Young Pirates—Going to the Rendezvous—The Camp-Fire Talk
24. 14. Camp-Life—A Sensation—Tom Steals Away from Camp
25. 15. Tom Reconnoiters—Learns the Situation—Reports at Camp
26. 16. A Day's Amusements—Tom Reveals a Secret—The Pirates take a Lesson—A Night Surprise—An Indian War
27. 17. Memories of the Lost Heroes—The Point in Tom's Secret
28. 18. Tom's Feelings Investigated—Wonderful Dream—Becky Thatcher Overshadowed—Tom Becomes Jealous—Black Revenge
29. 19. Tom Tells the Truth
30. 20. Becky in a Dilemma—Tom's Nobility Asserts Itself
31. 21. Youthful Eloquence—Compositions by the Young Ladies—A Lengthy Vision—The Boys' Vengeance Satisfied
32. 22. Tom's Confidence Betrayed—Expects Signal Punishment
33. 23. Old Muff's Friends—Muff Potter in Court—Muff Potter Saved
34. 24. Tom as the Village Hero—Days of Splendor and Nights of Horror—Pursuit of Injun Joe
35. 25. About Kings and Diamonds—Search for the Treasure—Dead People and Ghosts
36. 26. The Haunted House—Sleepy Ghosts—A Box of Gold—Bitter Luck
37. 27. Doubts to be Settled—The Young Detectives
38. 28. An Attempt at No. Two—Huck Mounts Guard
39. 29. The Pic-nic—Huck on Injun Joe's Track—The "Revenge" Job—Aid for the Widow
40. 30. The Welchman Reports—Huck Under Fire—The Story Circulated—A New Sensation—Hope Giving Way to Despair
41. 31. An Exploring Expedition—Trouble Commences—Lost in the Cave—Total Darkness—Found but not Saved
42. 32. Tom tells the Story of their Escape—Tom's Enemy in Safe Quarters
43. 33. The Fate of Injun Joe—Huck and Tom Compare Notes—An Expedition to the Cave—Protection Against Ghosts—"An Awful Snug Place"—A Reception at the Widow Douglas's
44. 34. Springing a Secret—Mr. Jones' Surprise a Failure
45. 35. A New Order of Things—Poor Huck—New Adventures Planned
46. Conclusion
47. Explanatory Notes
48. Sources for Characters
49. Note on the Text