The Prince and the PauperSet in sixteenth-century England, Mark Twain’s classic “tale for young people of all ages” features two identical-looking boys—a prince and a pauper—who trade clothes and step into each other’s lives. While the urchin, Tom Canty, discovers luxury and power, Prince Edward, dressed in rags, roams his kingdom and experiences the cruelties inflicted on the poor by the Tudor monarchy. As Christopher Paul Curtis observes in his Introduction, The Prince and the Pauper is “funny, adventurous, and exciting, yet also chock-full of . . . exquisitely reasoned harangues against society’s ills.” This Modern Library Paperback Classic is set from the Mark Twain Project edition, which is the approved text of the Center for Scholarly Editions of the Modern Language Association. |
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
Contents
THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER PREFACE 1 THE BIRTH OF THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER | 5 |
Toms Early Life | 11 |
Toms MEETING WITH THE PRINCE | 12 |
Copyright | |
33 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
added answer asked began called Canty changed CHAPTER close clothed command court cried crowd crown deep door dream Edward England eyes face father fell followed gave gentle give gone grace hand hast hath head heard heart Hendon hour Hugh Hugo John king king's lady light lived London look lord lost majesty Mark matter Miles Miles Hendon mind moment mother moved never night officer once palace passed poor presently prince prisoner question rags rest royal seemed servants shalt showed side soon sort sound speak stepped stood strange surprise tell thee thing thou thought Tom Canty Tom's took touch trouble true turned Twain voice wait whilst woman
References to this book
Bringing Words to Life: Robust Vocabulary Instruction Isabel L. Beck,Margaret G. McKeown,Linda Kucan No preview available - 2002 |
The Fictions of Language and the Languages of Fiction: The Linguistic ... Monika Fludernik No preview available - 1993 |
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Prince and the Pauper Modern Library classics |
| Author | Mark Twain |
| Contributor | Christopher Paul Curtis |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Modern Library, 2003 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Mar 6, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0375761128, 9780375761126 |
| Length | 211 pages |
| Subjects | › Fiction / Classics |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |