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Pudd'nhead Wilson: And Those Extraordinary Twins

By Mark Twain

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Pudd'nhead Wilson: And Those Extraordinary Twins

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Written as a sharp social commentary, Mark Twain’s scathing novel of mistaken identity and racial inequality remains strikingly relevant today—with an introduction by Langston Hughes. At the beginning of Pudd’nhead Wilson a young enslaved woman, fearing for her infant son’s life, exchanges her light-skinned child with her master’s. From this rather simple premise Mark Twain fashioned one of his most entertaining and funny, yet biting novels. On its surface, Pudd’nhead Wilson possesses all the elements of an engrossing nineteenth-century mystery: reversed identities, a horrible crime, an eccentric detective, a suspenseful courtroom drama, and a surprising, unusual solution. Yet it is not a mystery novel. Seething with the undercurrents of antebellum southern culture, the book is a savage indictment in which the real criminal is society, and racial prejudice and slavery are the crimes. Written in 1894, Pudd’nhead Wilson glistens with characteristic Twain humor, with suspense, and with pointed irony: a gem among the author’s later works.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
320
Release Date:
2004-03-25
Publication Date:
1969-09-30
Publisher:
Penguin Publishing Group
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0140430407
ISBN13:
9780140430400
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
255 g
Height:
198 cm
Width:
132 cm
Thickness:
24 cm

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