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
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
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780451530745 |
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Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group |
Publication date: | 12/04/2007 |
Edition description: | Reissue |
Pages: | 176 |
Sales rank: | 899,000 |
Product dimensions: | 4.19(w) x 6.70(h) x 0.46(d) |
Lexile: | 1050L (what's this?) |
Age Range: | 18 Years |