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The Prince and the Pauper.

Twain, Mark.

The Prince and the Pauper.

Twain, Mark.

9780520949584

Twain, Mark.

2nd ed.

1 online resource (311 pages)

Mark Twain Library ; v.5

Mark Twain Library

Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword -- The Prince and The Pauper -- Preface -- 1. The Birth of the Prince and the Pauper -- 2. Tom's Early Life -- 3. Tom's Meeting with the Prince -- 4. The Prince's Troubles Begin -- 5. Tom as a Patrician -- 6. Tom Receives Instructions -- 7. Tom's First Royal Dinner -- 8. The Question of the Seal -- 9. The River Pageant -- 10. The Prince in the Toils -- 11. At Guildhall -- 12. The Prince and His Deliverer -- 13. The Disappearance of the Prince -- 14. "Le Roi Est Mort-Vive le Roi" -- 15. Tom as King -- 16. The State Dinner -- 17. Foo-Foo the First -- 18. The Prince with the Tramps -- 19. The Prince with the Peasants -- 20. The Prince and the Hermit -- 21. Hendon to the Rescue -- 22. A Victim of Treachery -- 23. The Prince a Prisoner -- 24. The Escape -- 25. Hendon Hall -- 26. Disowned -- 27. In Prison -- 28. The Sacrifice -- 29. To London -- 30. Tom's Progress -- 31. The Recognition Procession -- 32. Coronation Day -- 33. Edward as King -- Conclusion. Justice and Retribution -- Notes -- Map of London -- References -- Explanatory Notes -- Note on the Text.

"What am I writing? A historical tale of 300 years ago, simply for the love of it." Mark Twain's "tale" became his first historical novel, The Prince and the Pauper, published in 1881. Intricately plotted, it was intended to have the feel of history even though it was only the stuff of legend. In sixteenth-century England, young Prince Edward (son of Henry VIII) and Tom Canty, a pauper boy who looks exactly like him, are suddenly forced to change places. The prince endures "rags & hardships" while the pauper suffers the "horrible miseries of princedom." Mark Twain called his book a "tale for young people of all ages," and it has become a classic of American literature. The first edition in 1881 was fully illustrated by Frank Merrill, John Harley, and L. S. Ipsen. The boys in these illustrations, Mark Twain said, "look and dress exactly as I used to see them cast in my mind. . . . It is a vast pleasure to see them cast in the flesh, so to speak." This Mark Twain Library edition exactly reproduces the text of the California scholarly edition, including all of the 192 illustrations that so pleased the author.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

Boys -- Fiction.

Edward -- VI, -- King of England, -- 1537-1553 -- Fiction.

Impostors and imposture -- Fiction.

London (England) -- Fiction.

Poor children -- Fiction.

Princes -- Fiction.

Electronic books.

Fischer, Victor.

Merrill, Frank T.

Harley, John J.

Ipsen, L. S.

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