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Pudd'nhead Wilson and Those Extraordinary Twins

By Mark Twain
Introduction by Ron Powers

By Mark Twain
Introduction by Ron Powers

By Mark Twain
Introduction by Ron Powers

By Mark Twain
Introduction by Ron Powers

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Part of Modern Library Classics

Part of Modern Library Classics

Paperback $14.00

Oct 08, 2002 | ISBN 9780812966220

Ebook $9.99

Apr 13, 2011 | ISBN 9780307769800

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    About Pudd’nhead Wilson and Those Extraordinary Twins

    Featuring the brilliantly drawn Roxanna, a mulatto slave who suffers dire consequences after switching her infant son with her master’s baby, and the clever Pudd’nhead Wilson, an ostracized small-town lawyer, Twain’s darkly comic masterpiece is a provocative exploration of slavery and miscegenation. Leslie A. Fiedler described the novel as “half melodramatic detective story, half bleak tragedy,” noting that “morally, it is one of the most honest books in our literature.” Those Extraordinary Twins, the slapstick story that evolved into Pudd’nhead Wilson, provides a fascinating view of the author’s process.

    The text for this Modern Library Paperback Classic was set from the 1894 first American edition.

    About Pudd’nhead Wilson and Those Extraordinary Twins

    Featuring the brilliantly drawn Roxanna, a mulatto slave who suffers dire consequences after switching her infant son with her master’s baby, and the clever Pudd’nhead Wilson, an ostracized small-town lawyer, Twain’s darkly comic masterpiece is a provocative exploration of slavery and miscegenation. Leslie A. Fiedler described the novel as “half melodramatic detective story, half bleak tragedy,” noting that “morally, it is one of the most honest books in our literature.” Those Extraordinary Twins, the slapstick story that evolved into Pudd’nhead Wilson, provides a fascinating view of the author’s process.

    The text for this Modern Library Paperback Classic was set from the 1894 first American edition.

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    About Mark Twain

    MARK TWAIN, considered one of the greatest writers in American literature, was born Samuel Clemens in Florida, Missouri, in 1835, and died in Redding, Connecticut in 1910. As a young child, he moved with his family to Hannibal, Missouri, on the banks… More about Mark Twain

    About Mark Twain

    MARK TWAIN, considered one of the greatest writers in American literature, was born Samuel Clemens in Florida, Missouri, in 1835, and died in Redding, Connecticut in 1910. As a young child, he moved with his family to Hannibal, Missouri, on the banks… More about Mark Twain

    Product Details

    Category: Fiction Classics | Literary Fiction

    Paperback | $14.00
    Published by Modern Library
    Oct 08, 2002 | 288 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780812966220

    Category: Fiction Classics | Literary Fiction

    Ebook | $9.99
    Published by Modern Library
    Apr 13, 2011 | 288 Pages | ISBN 9780307769800
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    “Mark Twain, in his presentation of Negroes as human beings, stands head and shoulders above the other Southern writers of his times.”—Langston Hughes

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