The Prince and the Pauper
Author:
Mark Twain
Publisher:
Paper Mill Press
ISBN:
9781774021781
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Format:
Hard Cover
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0
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Publishing Date:
2018
Number of Pages:
225
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Language:
English
Condition:
New
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.