The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson
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- First published
- 1894
- Pages
- 164
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Pudd'nhead Wins His Name
14:21 -
Driscoll Spares His Slaves
19:36 -
Roxy Plays a Shrewd Trick
15:44 -
The Ways of the Changelings
22:51 -
The Twins Thrill Dawson's Landing
14:26 -
Swimming in Glory
13:51 -
The Unknown Nymph
8:51 -
Marse Tom Tramples His Chance
26:23 -
Tom Practices Sycophancy
13:54 -
The Nymph Revealed
13:57 -
Pudd'nhead's Thrilling Discovery
35:27 -
The Shame of Judge Driscoll
16:14 -
Tom Stares at Ruin
16:58 -
Roxana Insists Upon Reform
26:34 -
The Robber Robbed
24:06 -
Sold Down the River
10:53 -
The Judge Utters Dire Prophesy
6:29 -
Roxana Commands
29:51 -
The Prophesy Realized
25:15 -
The Murderer Chuckles
20:47 -
Doom
33:01 -
Conclusion
6:03 -
Author's Note
11:05
The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson (1893) is a public domain work.
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About this book
In a sleepy Mississippi town, two babies—one born to slavery, one to privilege—are secretly switched in the cradle, and the consequences ripple through the decades toward a murder solved by the eccentric lawyer Pudd'nhead Wilson using the new science of fingerprints. Twain turns a tragic, ingenious plot into a searing indictment of slavery and the fictions of race, laced with his trademark humor and the sardonic 'Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar.' Dark, sharp, and ahead of its time, the novel exposes the arbitrariness of the color line with devastating irony. Both a pioneering detective story and a bitter social satire, Pudd'nhead Wilson is one of Twain's most provocative works.
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Book facts
- Author
- Mark Twain
- First published
- 1894
- Reading time
- About 4 hours
- Pages
- 164
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Satire
- Formats
- PDF, EPUB, Read online, Audiobook
- Audio read by
- Michael Yard