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Pudd'nhead Wilson

By: Mark Twain

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Paperback | 1 December 2005 | Edition Number 1

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160 Pages

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A gem among the author's later works.

At the beginning of Pudd'nhead Wilson a young slave woman, fearing for her infant's son's life, exchanges her light-skinned child with her master's.From this rather simple premise Mark Twain fashioned one of his most entertaining, funny, yet biting novels.On its surface, Pudd'nhead Wilson possesses all the elements of an engrossing nineteenth-century mystery:reversed identities, a horrible crime, an eccentric detective, a suspenseful courtroom drama, and a surprising, unusual solution.Yet it is not a mystery novel.Seething with the undercurrents of antebellum southern culture, the book is a savage indictment in which the real criminal is society, and racial prejudice and slavery are the crimes.Written in 1894, Pudd'nhead Wilson glistens with characteristic Twain humor, with suspense, and with pointed irony:a gem among the author's later works.

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Introduction	p. vii
A Whisper to the Reader	p. xv
Pudd'nhead Wins His Name	p. 1
Driscoll Spares His Slaves	p. 6
Roxy Plays a Shrewd Trick	p. 13
The Ways of the Changelings	p. 18
The Twins Thrill Dawson's Landing	p. 26
Swimming in Glory	p. 31
The Unknown Nymph	p. 35
Marse Tom Tramples His Chance	p. 39
Tom Practises Sycophancy	p. 48
The Nymph Revealed	p. 53
Pudd'nhead's Startling Discovery	p. 57
The Shame of Judge Driscoll	p. 70
Tom Stares at Ruin	p. 75
Roxana Insists Upon Reform	p. 82
The Robber Robbed	p. 91
Sold Down the River	p. 99
The Judge Utters Dire Prophecy	p. 103
Roxana Commands	p. 105
The Prophecy Realized	p. 115
The Murderer Chuckles	p. 123
Doom	p. 131
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