The Prince and the Pauper
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The Prince and the Pauper

  1. 342 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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The Prince and the Pauper

About this book

"What am I writing? A historical tale of 300 years ago, simply for the love of it." Mark Twain's "tale" became his first historical novel, The Prince and the Pauper, published in 1881. Intricately plotted, it was intended to have the feel of history even though it was only the stuff of legend. In sixteenth-century England, young Prince Edward (son of Henry VIII) and Tom Canty, a pauper boy who looks exactly like him, are suddenly forced to change places. The prince endures "rags & hardships" while the pauper suffers the "horrible miseries of princedom." Mark Twain called his book a "tale for young people of all ages, " and it has become a classic of American literature. The first edition in 1881 was fully illustrated by Frank Merrill, John Harley, and L. S. Ipsen. The boys in these illustrations, Mark Twain said, "look and dress exactly as I used to see them cast in my mind.... It is a vast pleasure to see them cast in the flesh, so to speak." This Mark Twain Library edition exactly reproduces the text of the California scholarly edition, including all of the 192 illustrations that so pleased the author.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. CONTENTS
  3. ILLUSTRATIONS
  4. FOREWORD
  5. THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER Preface
  6. 1. The Birth of the Prince and the Pauper
  7. 2. Tom's Early Life
  8. 3. Tom's Meeting with the Prince
  9. 4. The Prince's Troubles Begin
  10. 5. Tom as a Patrician
  11. 6. Tom Receives Instructions
  12. 7. Tom's First Royal Dinner
  13. 8. The Question of the Seal
  14. 9. The River Pageant
  15. 10. The Prince in the Toils
  16. 11. At Guildhall
  17. 12. The Prince and His Deliverer
  18. 13. The Disappearance of the Prince
  19. 14. "Le Roi Est Mort-Vive Ie Roi"
  20. 15. Tom as King
  21. 16. The State Dinner
  22. 17. Foo-Foo the First
  23. 18. The Prince with the Tramps
  24. 19. The Prince with the Peasants
  25. 20. The Prince and the Hermit
  26. 21. Hendon to the Rescue
  27. 22. A Victim of Treachery
  28. 23. The Prince a Prisoner
  29. 24. The Escape
  30. 25. Hendon Hall
  31. 26. Disowned
  32. 27. In Prison
  33. 28. The Sacrifice
  34. 29. To London
  35. 30. Tom's Progress
  36. 3l. The Recognition Procession
  37. 32. Coronation Day
  38. 33. Edward as King
  39. Conclusion. Justice and Retribution
  40. Notes
  41. MAP OF LONDON
  42. REFERENCES
  43. EXPLANATORY NOTES
  44. NOTE ON THE TEXT