With characteristic humor and color, Twain brings to life the sixteenth-century royal court, the crowded, boisterous streets inhabited by London' s hoi polloi, and the behavior of two young boys who are in many ways smarter than their elders. It is at once an adventure story, a fantasy of timeless appeal, and an intriguing example of the author' s abiding interest in separating the true from the false, the genuine from the impostor. First published in 1881, The Prince and the Pauper is the story of a poor boy, Tom Canty, who exchanges clothes and identities with Edward Tudor, Prince of England. Included is the story 'A Boy' s Adventure', written as part of the novel but published separately. A novel about a poor, boy who exchanges identities with Edward Tudor, the prince of England, The Prince and the Pauper (1882) is at once an adventure story, a fantasy of timeless appeal, and an intriguing example of the author' s abiding preoccupation with separating the true from the false, the genuine from the impostor.
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