The Prince and the Pauper (1881)

by Twain, Mark; Martin, Judith; Emerson, Everett; Fishkin, Shelley Fisher

• ISBN13: 9780195101386
• ISBN10: 0195101383
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-12-05
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The Prince and the Pauper is one of Twain's best-known and best-loved books throughout the world. In this historical tale set in mid-nineteenth-century England, the Prince of Wales and a lookalike pauper exchange places by accident just days before Henry VIII's death. Each boy finds that his "father" believes him to be mad; each is befriended by his "sister;" and each wakes from sleep thinking that his trying experiences have been just a bad dream. Along the way each learns crucial lessons about manners, morals, justice, and compassion. Mark Twain immersed himself in English history to write this novel and passed on reference books to the artists so that their illustrations could be historically accurate. He was "enchanted" with the pictures they produced. His daughter Susy was convinced that The Prince and the Pauper , a book her father subtitled, "a tale for young people of all ages" was "the best book he has ever written."

Table of Contents

Editor's Note	p. x
Foreword	p. xi
Notes	p. XXVII
Introduction	p. XXXI
The Birth of the Prince and the Pauper	p. 23
Tom's Early Life	p. 27
	p. 37
The Prince's Troubles Begin	p. 49
Tom as a Patrician	p. 70
Tom Receives Instructions	p. 86
Tom's First Royal Dinner	p. 89
The Question of the Seal	p. 97
The River Pageant	p. 103
The Prince in the Toils	p. 109
At Guildhall	p. 123
The Prince and His Deliverer	p. 133
The Disappearance of the Prince	p. 158
Le Roi EST Mort Vive le Roi	p. 176
Tom as King	p. 179
The State Dinner	p. 200
Foo-Foo the First	p. 203
The Prince with the Tramps	p. 223
The Prince with the Peasants	p. 237
The Prince and the Hermit	p. 247
Hendon to the Rescue	p. 266
A Victim of Treachery	p. 278
The Prince a Prisoner	p. 281
The Escape	p. 289
Hendon Hall	p. 295
Disowned	p. 309
In Prison	p. 317
The Sacrifice	p. 333
To London	p. 341
Tom's Progress	p. 347
The Recognition Procession	p. 353
Coronation Day	p. 382
Edward as King	p. 396
Conclusion: Justice and Retribution	p. 402
Notes	p. 405
General Note	p. 410
Afterword	p. 413
Notes	p. 426
For Further Reading	p. 429
Illustrators and Illustrations in Mark Twain's First American Editions	p. 430
Reading the Illustrations in the Prince and the Pauper	p. 434
Notes	p. 437
A Note on the Text	p. 439
The Mark Twain House	p. 440
Contributors	p. 441
Acknowledgments	p. 443
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