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Puddnhead Wilson : And, Those Extraordinary Twins (The Penguin English Library)
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Title: Puddnhead Wilson : And, Those Extraordinary Twins (The Penguin English Library)
Author: Malcolm Twain, Mark; Bradbury
ISBN: 9780140430400
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: 1969
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: Reprint
Number of Pages: 320
Condition: Used Copy
Publisher Description: At the beginning of "Pudd'nhead Wilson" a young slave woman, fearing for her infant's 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, 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.
Author: Malcolm Twain, Mark; Bradbury
ISBN: 9780140430400
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: 1969
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: Reprint
Number of Pages: 320
Condition: Used Copy
Publisher Description: At the beginning of "Pudd'nhead Wilson" a young slave woman, fearing for her infant's 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, 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.
