Pudd'nhead Wilson / Mark Twain.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Twain, Mark, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Infants switched at birth--Fiction.

Infants switched at birth.

Passing (Identity)--Fiction.

Passing (Identity).

Trials (Murder)--Fiction.

Trials (Murder).

Race relations--Fiction.

Race relations.

Missouri--Fiction.

Missouri.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (114 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Open Road Integrated Media, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A Southern town scandalized by the murder of its most prominent citizen uncovers a mystery even more shocking in this ironic suspense story from a great American master Afraid for her infant son's life, a slave switches the boy with her master's child. A young New York lawyer fascinated by palmistry and fingerprint analysis moves below the Mason-Dixon line, makes a bad joke, and is immediately and forever branded a "pudd'nhead." Two Italian noblemen pay a visit to Dawson's Landing, Missouri, and become prime suspects in the murder of a local judge. From these disparate plot strands, Mark Twain fashions a humorous and entertaining tale with all the elements of the traditional murder mystery: a case of mistaken identity, a gruesome crime, a sinister villain, an eccentric detective, a climactic courtroom showdown, and an ingenious solution. But beneath this potboiler's pomp and circumstance lurks a clear-eyed and savagely compelling indictment of slavery and its poisonous effects on American society. Twain's last novel set in the antebellum South, Pudd'nhead Wilson offers his clearest and most provocative condemnation of racial prejudice. This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

A WHISPER TO THE READER

1. Pudd'nhead Wins His Name

2. Driscoll Spares His Slaves

3. Roxy Plays a Shrewd Trick

4. The Ways of the Changelings

5. The Twins Thrill Dawson's Landing

6. Swimming in Glory

7. The Unknown Nymph

8. Marse Tom Tramples His Chance

9. Tom Practices Sycophancy

10. The Nymph Revealed

11. Pudd'nhead's Thrilling Discovery

12. The Shame of Judge Driscoll

13. Tom Stares at Ruin

14. Roxana Insists Upon Reform

15. The Robber Robbed

16. Sold Down the River

17. The Judge Utters Dire Prophesy

18. Roxana Commands

19. The Prophesy Realized

20. The Murderer Chuckles

21. Doom

Conclusion.

Author's Note to "Those Extraordinary Twins"

Copyright.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 22, 2016).

ISBN:

9781480453425

1480453420

OCLC:

932257898