St. Petersburg graveyard

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St. Petersburg graveyard is a fictional cemetery in Mark Twain’s Tom Sawyer universe, known as the eerie setting of the nighttime murder witnessed by Tom and Huck.

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St. Petersburg graveyard canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional cemetery ⓘ
literary location ⓘ
setting in a novel ⓘ
appearsInAuthorUniverse Mark Twain ⓘ
appearsInWork The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ⓘ
associatedCharacter Dr. Robinson ⓘ
Huckleberry Finn ⓘ
Injun Joe ⓘ
Muff Potter ⓘ
Tom Sawyer ⓘ
countryOfAuthor United States ⓘ
creator Mark Twain ⓘ
describedAs eerie ⓘ
spooky ⓘ
eventWitnessedBy Huckleberry Finn ⓘ
Tom Sawyer ⓘ
firstPublicationContext The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) ⓘ
genreContext 19th-century American fiction ⓘ
American children’s literature ⓘ
hasFeature freshly dug grave ⓘ
gloomy atmosphere ⓘ
tombstones ⓘ
weeds and overgrowth ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
locatedInFictionalUniverse St. Petersburg ⓘ
narrativeFunction catalyst for main plot conflict ⓘ
site of moral awakening for Tom ⓘ
notableEvent Tom and Huck’s pact of secrecy ⓘ
framing of Muff Potter ⓘ
murder of Dr. Robinson ⓘ
relatedTheme childhood fear ⓘ
crime and justice ⓘ
moral responsibility ⓘ
symbolizes fear of death ⓘ
guilt and conscience ⓘ
superstition ⓘ
timeOfKeyScene midnight ⓘ
usedAsSettingFor grave-robbing episode ⓘ
nighttime murder scene ⓘ

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Tom Sawyer universe → containsLocation → St. Petersburg graveyard ⓘ