Tom Sawyer also

[GoodTaste]

The phrase "Tom Sawyer also" sounds old-fashioned. What do we express it in today's English? My guess is "Tom Sawyer (is) so as well." I am not sure.

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Most of the adventures recorded in this book really occurred; one or two were experiences of my own, the rest those of boys who were schoolmates of mine. Huck Finn is drawn from life; Tom Sawyer also, but not from an individual -- he is a combination of the characteristics of three boys whom I knew, and therefore belongs to the composite order of architecture.

Source: Tom Sawye by Mark Twain
https://www.pagebypagebooks.com/Mark_Twain/Tom_Sawyer/PREFACE_p1.html

 

[Skrej]

It's not old-fashioned. It's perfectly fine for today's English. Don't change it.

 

[GoesStation]

I think modern speakers would be more likely to say so is Tom Sawyer, but Twain's wording is still fine in a literary context.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Yes, also is fine. I'd probably say too.