Mark Twain, Louis J. Budd
Pudd'nhead Wilson
Mass Market Paperback
(Signet Dec. 4, 2007)
, Reissue Edition
Mark Twain takes a hard look at the consequences of slavery in America in this classic satire.
Set in a town on the Mississippi during the pre-Civil War era, Pudd’nhead Wilson tackles the seminal American issue of slavery in a tragicomedy of switched identities. What happens when a child born free and a child born a slave change places? The result is a biting social commentary with enduring relevance, and a good old-fashioned murder mystery. It also introduces one of Twain’s favorite characters: Pudd’nhead Wilson, an intellectual with a penchant for amateur sleuthing. F.R. Leavis proclaimed this novel “the masterly work of a great writer.”
With an Introduction by Louis Budd
- ISBN
- 0451530748 / 9780451530745
- Pages
- 176
- Weight
- 3.04 oz.
- Dimensions
- 4.2 x 0.45
in.