The Prince and The Pauper

Author: Mark Twain

Publisher: Prints Publications Pvt Ltd

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Publisher	Prints Publications Pvt Ltd
Publication Year	2023
ISBN-13	9789394791930
Binding	Paper back
Number of Pages	325 Pages
Language	English
Edition	1st
Dimension (Inches)	5.5"*8.5"
Weight (Grams)	428
Subject	Classic Fiction
Category	Fiction

The Prince and the Pauper is a novel by American author Mark Twain. It was first published in Canada in 1881, followed by the United States in 1882. The novel is Twain's first foray into historical fiction. It is set in 1547 and follows the story of two little boys who were born on the same day and look identical: Tom Canty, a poor who lives in Offal Court off Pudding Lane in London with his abusive, alcoholic father, and Edward VI of England, son of Henry VIII of England. This treasured historical satire played out in two very different socioeconomic worlds of 16th-century England.

Mark Twain

Lauded as the ‘greatest American humorist of his age’ and called ‘the father of American literature’ by William Faulkner, Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was born in Florida, Missouri, in 1835. He authored 28 books and numerous sketches and short stories. in 1839, his family shifted to Hannibal, a developing port city along the banks of river Mississippi, which later provided the setting for the Adventures of Tom Sawyer and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, two of his most remarkable books. the Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) features one of the best-loved characters in American fiction. it is suggestive of the life in the towns by the Mississippi river. Mark Twain was awarded an honorary doctorate in letters by the Oxford University in 1907. He died on April 21, 1910 in Redding, Connecticut, after suffering a heart attack.

	CONTENTS
I.	The birth of the Prince and the Pauper	17
II.	Tom’s early life	19
III.	Tom’s meeting with the Prince	28
IV.	The Prince’s troubles begin	38
V.	Tom as a Patrician	44
VI.	Tom receives instructions	56
VII.	Tom’s first royal dinner	68
VIII.	The Question of the Seal	74
IX.	The river pageant	78
X.	The Prince in the toils	83
XI.	At Guildhall	96
XII.	The Prince and his deliverer	103
XIII.	The disappearance of the Prince	119
XIV.	‘Le Roi est mort—vive le Roi’	127
XV.	Tom as King	141
XVI.	The StaThe Dinner	155
XVII.	Foo-foo the First	161
XVIII.	The Prince with the Tramps	177
XIX.	The Prince with the peasants	189
XX.	The Prince and the hermit	197
XXI.	Hendon to the rescue	207
XXII.	A Victim of Treachery	214
XXIII.	The Prince a prisoner	223
XXIV.	The Escape	229
XXV.	Hendon Hall	234
XXVI.	Disowned	245
XXVII.	In Prison	251
XXVIII.	The sacrifice	265
XXIX.	To London	271
XXX.	Tom’s progress	276
XXXI.	The Recognition procession	281
XXXII.	Coronation Day	291
XXXIII.	Edward as King	306
	Conclusion: Justice and retribution	316
	Notes: Footnotes and Twain’s Notes	319