| Pudd'nhead Wilson Contributor(s): Twain, Mark (Author), Budd, Louis J. (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0451530748 ISBN-13: 9780451530745 Publisher: Signet Book OUR PRICE: $4.46 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: December 2007 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | African American - Historical - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 1050 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 4.24" W x 6.86" (0.19 lbs) 176 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 12792 Reading Level: 8.3 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 9.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Mark Twain takes a hard look at the consequences of slavery in America in this classic satire. Set in a town on the Mississippi during the pre-Civil War era, Pudd'nhead Wilson tackles the seminal American issue of slavery in a tragicomedy of switched identities. What happens when a child born free and a child born a slave change places? The result is a biting social commentary with enduring relevance, and a good old-fashioned murder mystery. It also introduces one of Twain's favorite characters: Pudd'nhead Wilson, an intellectual with a penchant for amateur sleuthing. F.R. Leavis proclaimed this novel "the masterly work of a great writer." With an Introduction by Louis Budd |