19th century american literature
A01=Mark Twain
A12=Frank T. Merrill
A12=John J. Harley
A12=L. S. Ipsen
abusive
alcoholic
american literature
Author_Frank T. Merrill
Author_John J. Harley
Author_L. S. Ipsen
Author_Mark Twain
better life
brutal life
brutality
Category=DNL
class inequality
classic literature
coronation
edward vi
england
eq_bestseller
eq_biography-true-stories
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
great seal of england
hardship
historical fiction
identical
judging others
judicial system
king edward
king henry viii
kings ward
london
mercy
monarchy
offal court
pauper
poverty
prison
pudding lane
royal guards
royalty
social inequality
switching places
unjust laws
wealth disparity
Product details
- ISBN 9780520036222
- Weight: 816g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 12 Dec 1979
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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'What am I writing? A historical tale of 300 years ago, simply for the love of it.' Mark Twain's 'tale' became his first historical novel, "The Prince and the Pauper", published in 1881. Intricately plotted, it was intended to have the feel of history even though it was only the stuff of legend. In sixteenth-century England, young Prince Edward (son of Henry VIII) and Tom Canty, a pauper boy who looks exactly like him, are suddenly forced to change places. The prince endures 'rags & hardships' while the pauper suffers the 'horrible miseries of princedom'. Mark Twain called his book a 'tale for young people of all ages', and it has become a classic of American literature.The first edition in 1881 was fully illustrated by Frank Merrill, John Harley, and L. S. Ipsen. The boys in these illustrations, Mark Twain said, 'look and dress exactly as I used to see them cast in my mind...It is a vast pleasure to see them cast in the flesh, so to speak.' This Mark Twain Library edition exactly reproduces the text of the California scholarly edition, including all of the 192 illustrations that so pleased the author.
