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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain – Read Free with Listening and Reading Support Tools
By Mark Twain · 1876
Tom Sawyer turns a Mississippi River childhood into a string of pranks, treasure hunts, and unexpected courage.
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Published in 1876, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer follows a boy growing up along the Mississippi River whose days are filled with pranks, schemes, treasure hunts, and moments that call for more courage than he expected. Mark Twain opens the story mid-shout — an aunt calling for a boy who is nowhere to be found — and the energy rarely lets up from there. This public domain edition is free to read in the Vocalini Open Library. No account or checkout is required. Whether you are returning to a childhood favorite or reading it for the first time, you can start immediately in your browser.
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This edition includes tools intended to make reading more comfortable for a range of needs. Text-to-speech reads the visible text aloud while sentence and word highlighting follows along in sync, which can help readers who benefit from seeing and hearing words at the same time. You can select any passage and use built-in AI to get key points, simplify wording, have a section explained, or ask a question about what you just read. These features are designed with readers with dyslexia, ADHD, learning disabilities, visual-tracking needs, and people reading in an additional language in mind.
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“Tom! No answer. Tom! No answer. What’s gone with that boy, I wonder? You Tom!”
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