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The Prince and the Pauper (Bantam Classics)

by Mark Twain

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ISBN13: 9780553212563
ISBN10: 0553212567
Condition: Standard
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Rich with surprise and hilarious adventure, The Prince and the Pauper is a delightful satire of England’s romantic past and a joyful boyhood romp filled with the same tongue-in-cheek irony that sparks the best of Mark Twain’s tall tales. Two boys, one an urchin from London’s filthy lanes, the other a prince born in a lavish palace, unwittingly trade identities. Thus a bedraggled “Prince of Poverty” discovers that his private dreams have all come true—while a pampered Prince of Wales finds himself tossed into a rough-and-tumble world of squalid beggars and villainous thieves. Originally written as a story for children, The Prince and the Pauper is a classic novel for adults as well—through its stinging attack on the ageless human folly of attempting to measure true worth by outer appearances.

Review:

“Twain was . . . enough of a genius to build his morality into his books, with humor and wit and—in the case of The Prince and the Pauper—wonderful plotting.”—E. L. Doctorow
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About the Author

Christopher Paul Curtis, winner of the Newbery Medal and the Coretta Scott King Award, is the author of The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963 and Bud, Not Buddy. He is currently at work on a novel entitled Bucking the Sarge.

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780553212563
Preface:
Twain, Mark
Author:
Twain, Mark
Publisher:
Bantam Books
Location:
New York
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Royalty (kings queens princes princesses knights etc.)
Subject:
Boys
Subject:
Classics
Subject:
Princes and princesses
Subject:
Literature
Subject:
England
Subject:
Poor
Subject:
Historical fiction
Subject:
Adventure stories
Edition Description:
Bibliography: p. 218-219.
Series:
Bantam Classics
Series Volume:
88-504
Publication Date:
November 1983
Binding:
Mass Market Paperbound
Language:
English
Pages:
240
Dimensions:
6.89x4.14x.50 in. .24 lbs.
Age Level:
09-16
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