The Prince and the Pauper

by Mark Twain and D.K. Swan

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0582522846
• ISBN13: 9780582522848
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Addison Wesley Publishing Company
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.18 lbs.
• Age Range: 9 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 4 and higher

Customer Reviews

The Prince and the Pauper - A review by Nick Earl

The book The Prince and the Pauper was about two young men who just wanted to experience what it was like to have a different life. When Tom Canty met Prince Edward of Wales, they knew that there was something weird about the other. Then they realized that they both looked exactly alike. They switched their clothes and that is where the trouble began. As you read this book, you will join Tom and Edward on their journeys in each others life. This wonderful book was brought to life marvelously by the one and only Mark Twain. I really enjoyed reading this book. I normally don't like to read, but this book kept my interest the whole time. I never wanted to put the book down. It was written beautifully and is full of suspense and even a little comedy. I would highly recommend this book to anyone, young or old, who wants to read a great book that takes you on a fun filled and wonderful journey.

READ THIS!!

The Prince and The Pauper by Mark Twain A palace. The streets. Two boys-one a prince, the other a homeless beggar. Edward Tudor is a prince that is always bored. Tom Canty is a beggar that is always beat...when fate brings them together; they decide that it would be fun to switch clothes. Since they are the same age and have the same features, this should be easy...not! Edward sees what he has to do to be a beggar. Tom finds out that being a prince is no joke. Mark Twain's colorful language tells you a lot about how the families feel when the boys are born. For example, on page 7. "Tom Canty was born to a family who wore raggedy clothes and lived in a one room house. To them the newborn was just another unwelcome mouth to feed." When Edward was born, as you can imagine, there was a huge celebration! See the difference? There's a huge one! When the book ended, I thought of it as a river because I wanted to book to never end like a river keeps flowing. The characters are so real that it feels like you are in the book holding on to their hand. When they have a problem you want to help them and you start to care about them. The character's problems are not childish, but they are not like problems we have. In the book they are a bit more unique. The illustrations fit wonderfully with the book because it helps you understand the book better. Under the illustration it has a sentence about what the picture is about. It usually is the most important sentence on the page. The incredible details create powerful mind pictures. When Tom's nose started to itch, the details made my nose itch to! Once you start the book, you will not be able to put it down (trust me on this)! The book grabs your attention and steals your heart! Action, adventure, suspense, details, and great illustrations are in this amazing book: The Prince and The Pauper! What are you still doing, reading this? Pick up the book! By Sum 1 Special

A Great Timeless Novel

This novel by Mark Twain is truly a timeless piece of literature. It's story line is one that any young boy would love to live. It depicts the situation of a young pauper and a prince who accidentally switch places. It is a easy read, and the dialect is shown very well through out Mark Twains writings. I very much enjoyed reading the book, and I feel that most people would find the book humorous, full of adventure, and fun to read.

"The Prince and the Pauper" was a great book!

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this great classic. It was very interesting and had me hooked onto it through the whole story. This story is about how the beggar named Tom Candy and Prince Edward meet and discover that they were both completely identical, except for their clothes. They switch their clothes and change places. Then, each of the two boys have to live through a terrible life of each other. The Prince is beaten, called names, starved, and has to live the life of a beggar. Tom or the Pauper has to go through laws, diplomacy, languages, and royalty. Both of them are considered mad as they try to tell the truth to everyone. Suddenly, the little tiny thing of switching places turns out to be a humongous problem as Prince Edward's father, Henry VIII dies. Tom, who is thought as the Prince, is naturally supposed to be the next king. Both boys has to find each other or else the Pauper would become the wrong king of the nation.This book is very interestingly written. I started reading this once, but I had a better book(or I thought it was a better book) to read so I stopped. Then, I decided to just finish reading "The Prince and the Pauper" and thought that it was just a great and interesting book! I think that this is a great book to read because it's quite witty, interesting, great, and very well written.

A wonderful classic for intelligent and imaginative kids.

This story has been a favorite of mine since I first read it as a child. I have re-read it many, many times, most recently to two of my children (who also enjoyed it), and it continues to be rich and engaging. Since the language is true to the era of the story, however, it may put some readers off. Others will find that the archaic language enhances the tale. A beggar (Tom Canty) and a prince (Edward Tudor), who look so alike as to be twins, meet and swap clothes for a lark. But an accident of judgment stretches the lark into an adventure, and the adventure into a nightmarish struggle of life and death, honor and dishonor. Hasn't everyone wished to be royalty at some point in their lives? And especially if you were the poorest of the poor, like Tom Canty, wouldn't it be your dearest wish as a child? This is a great and yet fearful adventure, superbly detailed and believable. It was carefully written in such a manner that genuine history leaves it possible. One of Twain's best ever.