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Mark Twain takes a hard look at the consequences of slavery in America in this classic satire. Set in a town on the Mississippi during the pre-Civil War era, Pudd’nhead Wilson tackles the seminal American issue of slavery in a tragicomedy of switched identities. What happens when a child born free and a child born a slave change places? The result is a biting social commentary with enduring relevance, and a good old-fashioned murder mystery. It also introduces one of Twain’s favorite characters: Pudd’nhead Wilson, an intellectual with a penchant for amateur sleuthing. F.R. Leavis proclaimed this novel “the masterly work of a great writer.” With an Introduction by Louis Budd
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Pudd'nhead Wilson, Mark Twain
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- Released
- 2007
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- Title
- Pudd'nhead Wilson
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Mark Twain
- Publisher
- Penguin Putnam Inc
- Released
- 2007
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 176
- ISBN10
- 0451530748
- ISBN13
- 9780451530745
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Themes, Humor, Classics, USA, American Literature, School, 19th century, Criminalistics, Race, Racism, Slavery, Mississippi
- Original title
- Pudd'nhead Wilson
- Rating
- 3.7 out of 5
- Description
- Mark Twain takes a hard look at the consequences of slavery in America in this classic satire. Set in a town on the Mississippi during the pre-Civil War era, Pudd’nhead Wilson tackles the seminal American issue of slavery in a tragicomedy of switched identities. What happens when a child born free and a child born a slave change places? The result is a biting social commentary with enduring relevance, and a good old-fashioned murder mystery. It also introduces one of Twain’s favorite characters: Pudd’nhead Wilson, an intellectual with a penchant for amateur sleuthing. F.R. Leavis proclaimed this novel “the masterly work of a great writer.” With an Introduction by Louis Budd