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"What am I writing? A historical tale of 300 years ago, simply for
the love of it." Mark Twain's "tale" became his first historical
novel, "The Prince and the Pauper, " published in 1881. Intricately
plotted, it was intended to have the feel of history even though it
was only the stuff of legend. In sixteenth-century England, young
Prince Edward (son of Henry VIII) and Tom Canty, a pauper boy who
looks exactly like him, are suddenly forced to change places. The
prince endures "rags & hardships" while the pauper suffers the
"horrible miseries of princedom." Mark Twain called his book a
"tale for young people of all ages," and it has become a classic of
American literature.
The first edition in 1881 was fully illustrated by Frank Merrill,
John Harley, and L. S. Ipsen. The boys in these illustrations, Mark
Twain said, "look and dress exactly as I used to see them cast in
my mind. . . . It is a vast pleasure to see them cast in the flesh,
so to speak." This Mark Twain Library edition exactly reproduces
the text of the California scholarly edition, including all of the
192 illustrations that so pleased the author.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1914 Edition.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1922 Edition.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1908 Edition.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
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