The Prince and the Pauper

Name: The Prince and the Pauper
Author: Mark Twain
ISBN: 9780520949584

by Mark Twain

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"What am I writing? A historical tale of 300 years ago, simply for the love of it." Mark Twain’s "tale" became his first historical novel, The Prince and the Pauper, published in 1881. Intricately plotted, it was intended to have the feel of history even though it was only the stuff of legend. In sixteenth-century England, young Prince Edward (son of Henry VIII) and Tom Canty, a pauper boy who looks exactly like him, are suddenly forced to change places. The prince endures "rags & hardships" whi

First published 1881 James R. Osgood 344 pages

Category: Literature
Priority: Recommended
Author works: 8
Editions known: 400

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DDC 813.4 LCC PS-1316.00000000.A1 2005eb AdaptationsAdventure and adventurersAdventure and adventurers, fictionAdventure fictionAdventure storiesAmerican fiction (fictional works by one author)American literatureBoys

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