The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson - Free Audiobook

Author(s): Mark Twain

Language: English

Genre(s): Crime & Mystery Fiction Detective Fiction Humorous Fiction Satire

1 / 23Pudd'nhead Wins His Name

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23 Chapter(s)

1. Pudd'nhead Wins His Name
2. Driscoll Spares His Slaves
3. Roxy Plays a Shrewd Trick
4. The Ways of the Changelings
5. The Twins Thrill Dawson's Landing
6. Swimming in Glory
7. The Unknown Nymph
8. Marse Tom Tramples His Chance
9. Tom Practices Sycophancy
10. The Nymph Revealed
11. Pudd'nhead's Thrilling Discovery
12. The Shame of Judge Driscoll
13. Tom Stares at Ruin
14. Roxana Insists Upon Reform
15. The Robber Robbed
16. Sold Down the River
17. The Judge Utters Dire Prophesy
18. Roxana Commands
19. The Prophesy Realized
20. The Murderer Chuckles
21. Doom
22. Conclusion
23. Author's Note

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In one of his later novels, the master storyteller spins a tale of two children switched at infancy. A slave takes on the identity of master and heir while the rightful heir is condemned to live the life of a slave. Twain uses this vehicle to explore themes of nature vs. nurture, racial bigotry and moral relativism. The case of mistaken identity is a theme that Twain explored also in THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER; in THE TRAGEDY OF PUDD'NHEAD WILSON he turns the theme into a well-crafted detective story. It is unfortunate that this is one of Twain's lesser known works as it is one of his most enjoyable reads.

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