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337 pp. Pudd'nhead Wilson is a novel by American writer Mark Twain published in 1894. Its central intrigue revolves around two boys—one, born into slavery, with 1/32 black ancestry; the other, white, born to be the master of the house. The two boys, who look similar, are switched at infancy.
Pudd'nhead Wilson is a Northerner who comes to the small Missouri town of Dawson's Landing to build a career as a lawyer. Immediately upon his arrival he alienates the townspeople, who don't understand his wit. They give him the nickname "Pudd'nhead" and refuse to give him their legal work.
Pudd’nhead Wilson, novel by Mark Twain, originally published as Pudd’nhead Wilson, a Tale (1894). A story about miscegenation in the antebellum South, the book is noted for its grim humour and its reflections on racism and responsibility. Also notable are the ironic epigraphs from a fictional.
Pudd’nhead Wilson is a late novel by American author Mark Twain that was first published in 1894. The story revolves around the peculiar events in a fictional Missouri town, where a slave switches her light-skinned son with the master’s child. The titular character, Pudd’nhead Wilson, a quirky lawyer, plays a central role in the ensuing ...
5 de mar. de 2023 · Pudd’nhead Wilson had a trifle of money when he arrived, and he bought a small house on the extreme western verge of the town. Between it and Judge Driscoll’s house there was only a grassy yard, with a paling fence dividing the properties in the middle.
24 de nov. de 2022 · pudd'nhead wilson by mark twain. Publication date 1894 Publisher p. f. collier and son company Collection internetarchivebooks Contributor Internet Archive ...
Twain's novel Pudd'nhead Wilson can seem like an enigma at first, since it is a story about slavery written almost forty years after the end of the Civil War.
