| Pudd'nhead Wilson Contributor(s): Twain, Mark (Author) |
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ISBN: 048640885X ISBN-13: 9780486408859 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $4.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1999 Annotation: Switched at birth by a young slave woman who fears for her son's life, a light-skinned infant changes place with the master's white son. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Satire |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 99025710 |
| Lexile Measure: 1050 |
| Series: Dover Thrift Editions |
| Physical Information: 0.34" H x 5.2" W x 8.28" (0.21 lbs) 128 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 12792 Reading Level: 8.3 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 9.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Switched at birth by a young slave woman attempting to protect her son from the horrors of slavery, a light-skinned infant changes places with the master's white son. This simple premise is the basis of Pudd'nhead Wilson, a compelling drama that contains all the elements of a classic 19th-century mystery: reversed identities, a ghastly crime, an eccentric detective, and a tense courtroom scene. First published in 1894, Twain's novel bristles with suspense. David Pudd'nhead Wilson, a wise but unorthodox lawyer who collects fingerprints as a hobby, wins back the respect of his townspeople when he solves a local murder in which two foreigners are falsely accused. Witty and absorbing, this novel features a literary first -- the use of fingerprinting to solve a crime. This gem was Twain's last novel about the antebellum South; and despite its frequent injections of humor, it offers a fierce condemnation of racial prejudice and a society that condoned slavery. |