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The pauper and Prince Edward as imagined in 1882. The Prince and the Pauper is a novel by American author Mark Twain. It was first published in 1881 in Canada, before its 1882 publication in the United States. The novel represents Twain's first attempt at historical fiction.
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The Prince and the Pauper. Mark Twain, Everett Emerson (Afterword) 3.87. 119,799 ratings2,856 reviews. This treasured historical satire, played out in two very different socioeconomic worlds of 16th-century England, centers around the lives of two boys born in London on the same day: Edward, Prince of Wales and Tom Canty, a street beggar.
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The Prince and the Pauper, novel by Mark Twain, published in 1881. In it Twain satirizes social conventions, concluding that appearances often hide a person’s true value. Despite its saccharine plot, the novel succeeds as a critique of legal and moral injustices. On a lark, two identical-looking.
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Aug 20, 2006 · Read the full text of the classic novel by Mark Twain, a tale of two boys who switch places in Tudor England. This eBook is free and in the public domain, and can be copied, distributed and modified without permission.
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Summary. The Prince and the Pauper is a historical fiction children's novel written by Mark Twain and published in 1881. The novel, set in 1547, follows two identical boys, one of whom-Tom Canty-is a pauper, and the other-Prince Edward-is the son of King Henry VIII of England.
