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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 32 summary

Chapter 32 of 43 · 10 min to read the chapter

In Chapter 32, the narrator reaches the Phelps plantation, where Aunt Sally mistakes him for an expected nephew and he invents explanations for his journey. Learning that she thinks he is Tom Sawyer makes answering questions easier, but a passing steamboat prompts him to leave and intercept the real Tom.

What happens

  1. The narrator enters the quiet plantation yard without a plan, and Lize drives away the barking hounds surrounding him.
  2. Aunt Sally welcomes him as her nephew, and he invents a steamboat accident to explain his delayed arrival.
  3. Her questions about relatives nearly force him to admit the truth, but she hides him to surprise her husband.
  4. Aunt Sally reveals him to Silas as Tom Sawyer, giving the narrator an identity he knows enough to impersonate.
  5. After two hours of invented family news, a steamboat makes him fear Tom's arrival, so he proposes fetching his baggage alone.

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Tom Sawyer

What to notice

Knowing the expected visitor's identity relieves his uncertainty. The impersonation becomes easier because he knows the Sawyer family.

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Why does the narrator propose going to town at the end?

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