The Prince and the Pauper

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

by Mark Twain

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Originally published by James R. Osgood

"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 1881344 pages

813.4

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

Classification

Dewey (DDC): 813.4[Fic]817.44813.403
Library of Congress (LCC): PS1316.A1 2005ebPS1300.F72 vol. 6PS1316 Pr13PS1316 Pr49

Subjects

AdaptationsAdventure and adventurersAdventure and adventurers, fictionAdventure fictionAdventure storiesAmerican fiction (fictional works by one author)American literatureBoysBoys, fictionChildren of alcoholicsChildren's fictionClassic Literature

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ISBN 9780520949584English

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First published1881

Film adaptation1915

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