The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain
"The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson" by Mark Twain is a novel published in 1894. Set in a Mississippi River town, it tells the story of two infants—one born into slavery with 1/32 black ancestry, the other white and free—who are secretly switched in their cradles. Each boy grows into the other's social role, setting the stage for a murder mystery that exposes the arbitrary nature of racial categories and the moral corruption
beneath small-town respectability. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pudd%27nhead_Wilson |
| Credits | An Anonymous Volunteer, David Widger and Robert Homa |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 77.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Impostors and imposture -- Fiction |
| Subject | Missouri -- Fiction |
| Subject | Trials (Murder) -- Fiction |
| Subject | Legal stories |
| Subject | Race relations -- Fiction |
| Subject | Infants switched at birth -- Fiction |
| Subject | Passing (Identity) -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 102 |
| Release Date | Sep 14, 2004 |
| Most Recently Updated | Mar 5, 2023 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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