Pudd'nhead Wilson: And Those Extraordinary Twins

by Mark Twain

Book Overview

At the beginning of Pudd'nhead Wilson a young slave woman, fearing for her infant's son's life, exchanges her light-skinned child with her master's. From this rather simple premise Mark Twain fashioned one of his most entertaining, funny, yet biting novels. On its surface, Pudd'nhead Wilson possesses all the elements of an engrossing nineteenth-century mystery: reversed identities, a horrible crime, an eccentric detective, a suspenseful...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140430407
• ISBN13: 9780140430400
• Release Date: September 1969
• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher