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Product Identifiers

PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-100451528352

ISBN-139780451528353

eBay Product ID (ePID)2272326

Product Key Features

Book TitlePrince and the Pauper

Number of Pages224 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2002

TopicClassics, Literary, Coming of Age, Historical

IllustratorYes

GenreFiction

AuthorMark. Twain

FormatMass Market

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight4 Oz

Item Length6.9 in

Item Width4.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2001-057683

Dewey Edition20

Reviews"Twain was . . . enough of a genius to build his morality into his books, with humor and wit and-in the case of The Prince and the Pauper -wonderful plotting." -E. L. Doctorow, "Twain was . . . enough of a genius to build his morality into his books, with humor and wit and--in the case of The Prince and the Pauper --wonderful plotting." --E. L. Doctorow

TitleLeadingThe

Grade FromTwelfth Grade

Afterword byEmerson, Everett

Grade ToUP

Dewey Decimal[Fic]

SynopsisTwo boys exchange their clothes and their lives in the classic satiric comedy of mistaken identity They are the same age. They look alike. In fact, there is but one difference between them- Tom Canty is a child of the London slums; Edward Tudor is heir to the throne of England. Just how insubstantial this difference really is becomes clear when a chance encounter leads to an exchange of roles...with the pauper caught up in the pomp and folly of the royal court, and the prince wandering, horror-stricken, through the lower depths of sixteenth-century English society. Out of the theme of switched identities, Mark Twain has fashioned both a scathing attack upon social hypocrisy and injustice and an irresistible comedy imbued with the sense of high-spirited play that belongs to his most creative period. With an Afterword by Everett Emerson, Two boys exchange their clothes and their lives in Mark Twain's classic satiric comedy. They are the same age. They look alike. In fact, there is but one difference between them: Tom Canty is a child of the London slums; Edward Tudor is heir to the throne of England. Just how insubstantial this difference really is becomes clear when a chance encounter leads to an exchange of roles...with the pauper caught up in the pomp and folly of the royal court, and the prince wandering, horror-stricken, through the lower depths of sixteenth-century English society. Out of the theme of switched identities, Mark Twain has fashioned both a scathing attack upon social hypocrisy and injustice and an irresistible comedy imbued with the sense of high-spirited play that belongs to his most creative period. With an Afterword by Everett Emerson

LC Classification NumberPS1316.A1 2002