Hooray! You have added the first book to your bookshelf. Check it out now!
[−]
  • Search Digit-count Valid ISBN Invalid ISBN Valid Barcode Invalid Barcode
Blog this item

Pudd'nhead Wilson

(Bantam Classics)

By Mark Twain

(8)

| Paperback | 9780553211580

Like Pudd'nhead Wilson?
Join aNobii to see if your friends read it, and discover similar books!

Sign up for free

Book Description

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 WilContinue

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.

2 Reviews

Login or Sign Up to write a review

  • The newborn slave looks white (because he is more than half white). His mother is afraid that her son will be sold down the river, so she switches him with her master's baby of the same age. No one knows the difference but her. She raises them both, but treats her son as her master and her master as ... (continue)

    The newborn slave looks white (because he is more than half white). His mother is afraid that her son will be sold down the river, so she switches him with her master's baby of the same age. No one knows the difference but her. She raises them both, but treats her son as her master and her master as her son.

    Is this helpful?

    Missmath144 said on Nov 28, 2010 | Add your feedback

Book Details

Improve data of this book

Prices Change currency & sellers

ISBN Edition List Sale Seller
9780553211580 Paperback $4.95 $4.45 bn.com
-- $3.99 ebooks.com
$4.95 $4.45 The Book Depository
Other editions →
+ 2 copies tradable: →
Added to Shelf Added to Wish List

Inline Translation Mode

Left click to navigate, right click to translate.

inline translation guide

or close

Inline translation is not ready for this page yet.

Inline translation mode.

Share this page with your friends.

The viewport has not loaded.