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Pudd'Nhead Wilson (Penguin Classics)

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Binding: Paperback
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ISBN: 9780140430400
Publisher: Penguin Books
Language: English
Page Count: 320
Publication Date: 1/1/1986
Size: 7.78" l x 5.06" w x 0.78"
Series: Penguin English Library

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Reversed identities, an eccentric detective, a horrible crime, and a tense courtroom scene are major ingredients in Twain's witty, yet fierce condemnation of a racially prejudiced society that condoned the institution of slavery. Switched at birth by a female slave who fears for her infant son's life, a light-skinned child changes places with the master's white son. This simple premise underlies Twain's engrossing 19th-century tale of reversed identities, an eccentric detective, a horrible crime, and a tense courtroom scene. Infused with characteristic Twain humor, the novel also fiercely condemns a racially prejudiced society that condoned the institution of slavery.

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