Description
The Prince and the Pauper
Paperback – 19 September 2019
by Mark Twain
- Publisher : Puffin Classics (19 September 2019)
- Language : English
- Pages : 304 pages
- ISBN-13 : 978-0241378496
- Weight : 191
- Dimensions : 12.9 x 1.8 x 17.8 cm
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Average Rating:
3.9 rating based on 123,315 ratings (all editions)
ISBN-10: 0241378494
ISBN-13: 9780241378496
Goodreads: 43297961
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This treasured historical satire, played out in two very different socioeconomic worlds of 16th-century England, centers around the lives of two boys born in London on the same day: Edward, Prince of Wales and Tom Canty, a street beggar. During a chance encounter, the two realize they are identical and, as a lark, decide to exchange clothes and roles--a situation that briefly, but drastically, alters the lives of both youngsters. The Prince, dressed in rags, wanders about the city's boisterous neighborhoods among the lower classes and endures a series of hardships; meanwhile, poor Tom, now living with the royals, is constantly filled with the dread of being discovered for who and what he really is.
3.9 rating based on 123,315 ratings (all editions)
ISBN-10: 0241378494
ISBN-13: 9780241378496
Goodreads: 43297961
Author(s):
Published: //
This treasured historical satire, played out in two very different socioeconomic worlds of 16th-century England, centers around the lives of two boys born in London on the same day: Edward, Prince of Wales and Tom Canty, a street beggar. During a chance encounter, the two realize they are identical and, as a lark, decide to exchange clothes and roles--a situation that briefly, but drastically, alters the lives of both youngsters. The Prince, dressed in rags, wanders about the city's boisterous neighborhoods among the lower classes and endures a series of hardships; meanwhile, poor Tom, now living with the royals, is constantly filled with the dread of being discovered for who and what he really is.
