The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.
The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Twain, Mark (1835–1910).
Catalogue synopsis
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"The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson" by Mark Twain is a novel published in 1894. Set in a Mississippi River town, it tells the story of two infants—one born into slavery with 1/32 black ancestry, the other white and free—who are secretly switched in their cradles. Each boy grows into the other's social role, setting the stage for a murder mystery that exposes the arbitrary nature of racial categories and the moral corruption beneath small-town respectability.
Book and edition facts
- Title: The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson
- Author credits: Twain, Mark (1835–1910)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Impostors and imposture -- Fiction
- Infants switched at birth -- Fiction
- Legal stories
- Missouri -- Fiction
- Passing (Identity) -- Fiction
- Race relations -- Fiction
- Trials (Murder) -- Fiction
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- Category: American Literature
- Category: Classics of Literature
- Category: Novels
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