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77ie  Prince  and  the  Pauper 
by  Mark  Twain  (1835-1910) 

77ie  Prince  and  the  Pauper  (1881)  represents  Mark 
Twain's  first  attempt  at  historical  fiction.  Set  in  1547,  it 
tells  the  story  of  two  young  boys  who  are  identical  in 
appearance:  Tom  Canty,  a  pauper  who  lives  with  his 
abusive  father  in  Offal  Court,  London,  and  Prince 
Edward  son  of  Henry  VIII  of  England.  Due  to  a  series  of 
circumstances,  the  boys  accidentally  replace  each 
other,  and  much  of  the  humor  in  the  book  originates  in 
the  two  boys'  inability  to  function  in  the  world  that  is  so  familiar  to  the  other 
(although  Tom  soon  displays  considerable  wisdom  in  his  decisions).  In 
many  ways,  the  book  is  a  social  satire,  particularly  compelling  in  its 
condemnation  of  the  inequality  that  existed  between  the  classes  in  Tudor 
England.  In  that  sense,  Twain  abandoned  the  wry  Midwestern  style  for 
which  he  was  best  known  and  adopts  a  style  reminiscent  of  Charles 

Dickens.  (Wikipedia) 


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Read  by  John  Greenman 

Cover  design  by  Kathryn  Delaney 
Illustration  from  first  edition  (1881) 


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