The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson
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| Rating | : | 4.72 (662 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1400100682 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 574 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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Perhaps Twain's Best Fitzgerald Fan Given the brevity of this book, I feel a little absurd claiming it as my favorite work by Twain, but it is indeed my new favorite, even over Huckleberry Finn (which is really saying something).The ideas concerning race are deeply involved and the quest. "Can hardly go wrong with Twain." according to Reader. I thought I'd read all of Twain, but this one was new to me. I thought it was on par with his better known works (and better than a few of them).Sure, it's a contrived plot, but it's still a great read and thoughtful commentary on what defines race and. Surprisingly Enjoyable! I was very surprised how quickly I was drawn into this story. I had never heard of this book and it is now my favorite Twain. This story deals with children that were switched at birth; one a black slave and the other a well to do white. The characters
This complex murder mystery is a psychological study that explores how perceptions shape character. Soon the boy who is given every advantage becomes spoiled and cruel. On his first day in the village he made an odd remark about a dog, and the towns people gave him the condescending name of "Pudd'nhead". A local lawyer, David Wilson has had a similar experience. The mother of the would be slave is also the nurse of the other; to give her son the best life possible she switches the two. One, the legitimate son of a rich man, is destined for a life of comfort, while the other is condemned to be a slave as he is part black. Two half brothers look so similar as infants that no one can tell them apart. He takes sadistic pleasure in tormenting his half brother. Twain combines biting satire, with his trademark scenes of farce and levity.. Although he was a young intelligent lawyer, he is unable to live down this name and toils in obscurity for over twenty years. Finally he is presented with a complex murder trial and is given the chance to prove himself to the townspeople and shake this unjust label. As they grow older, the townspeople no longer notice that the boys look similar, and they readily accept that each is born to his stati
Her natural son, Tom Driscoll, grows up in a privileged household to become a criminal who finances his gambling debts by selling her to a slave trader and who later murders his putative uncle. Meanwhile, Roxy raises Valet de Chambre as a slave. As a result Roxy is exposed, Wilson is elected mayor, Tom is sold into slavery, and Valet, unfitted for his newly won freedom, becomes an illiterate, uncouth landholder. David ("Pudd'nhead") Wilson, an eccentric lawyer, determines the true identities of Tom and Valet. Roxana, a light-skinned mixed-race slave, switches her baby with her white owner's baby. (in full The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson, and the Comedy of Those Extraordinary Twins) Novel by Mark Twain, originally published as Pudd'nhead Wilson, A Tale (1894). A story about miscegenation