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Bantam Classics, 1983-01-11

Prince and the Pauper

Prince and the Pauper

Bantam Classics

Mark Twain, Author

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9780553212563

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Mark Twain's classic novel about a poor boy who exchanges identities with Edward Tudor, the prince of England, brings to life the 16th-century royal court, the crowded, boisterous streets inhabited by London's hoi polloi, and the behavior of two young boys who are in many ways smarter than their elders. Included is the story "A Boy's Adventure", written as part of the novel but published separately.
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Keywords and Themes: Action & Adventure • Classics • FIC002000 • FIC004000 • FIC052000 • Fiction • Satire

Age Range • 10-14

Pages • 224

Subjects • Poor • Historical fiction • Boys • Impostors and imposture • Princes • Great Britain • England • Adventure stories • Edward

Categories • Fiction | Classics • Fiction | Action & Adventure • Fiction | Satire

Rich with surprise and hilarious adventure, "The Prince And The Pauper" is a delight satire of England's romantic past and a joyful boyhood romp filled with the same tongue-in-cheek irony that sparked the best of Mark Twain's tall tales. Two boys, one an urchin from London's filthy lanes, the other a prince born in a lavish palace, unwittingly trade identities. Thus a bedraggled "Prince of Poverty" discovers that his private dreams have all the come true -- while a pampered Prince of Wales finds himself tossed into a rough-and-tumble world of squalid beggars and villainous thieves. Originally written as a story for children, "The Prince And The Pauper" is a classic novel for adults as well -- through its stinging attack on the ageless human folly of attempting to measure true worth by outer appearances.
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