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Nelson Doubleday
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[19--]
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English
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The American claimant: Lighthearted farce featuring an American charmed by the British aristocracy and a British earl equally intrigued by his conception of the nature of America's democratic society.
Pudd'nhead Wilson: Twain's classic story of exchanged identities, slavery, and tragedy, embodied in the son of Roxana, a slave nurse, who switches her baby with that of her white master's at birth.
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Mark Twains satiric novel about two boys who trade places in Tudor Englandwritten “for young people of all ages”was his first foray into historical fiction. Set in 1547, The Prince and the Pauper brings together Tom Canty, an impoverished urchin who lives with his abusive father in Londons filthiest streets, and pampered Prince Edward, the son of King Henry VIII. Noticing their uncanny resemblance, the two boys trade clothes on a whim. While Tom...
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