The Prince and the Pauper
In Tudor London, two boys who look exactly alike—the young Prince Edward and the pauper Tom Canty—swap places on a whim, then find themselves unable to switch back. The true prince wanders the harsh streets among beggars and thieves, learning the cruelty of the laws he will one day rule by, while the pauper stumbles through the bewildering rituals of the palace. Twain blends adventure, comedy, and pointed social criticism into a beloved tale of identity and justice. A perennial favorite for readers of all ages, it wears its moral lightly while cutting deep.
About the Author
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, was born in 1835 in Florida, Missouri, and grew up in Hannibal on the banks of the Mississippi. Most of his fiction would later draw on that childhood, sometimes directly. He worked as a printer’s apprentice, then…
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