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  • Published: 3 November 2003
  • ISBN: 9780375761126
  • Imprint: Random House US Group
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 240
  • RRP: $35.00

Mod Lib The Prince & The Pauper



The Modern Library Collection - a beautifully presented series of classic literature.

Rich with surprise and hilarious adventure, THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER is a delightful satire of England's romantic past and a joyful boyhood romp filled with the same tongue-in-cheek irony that sparked the best of Mark Twain's tall tales. Two boys, one an urchin from London's filthy lanes, the other a prince born in a lavish palace, unwittingly trade identities. Thus a bedraggled "Prince of Poverty" discovers that his private dreams have all the come true - while a pampered Prince of Wales finds himself tossed into a rough-and-tumble world of squalid beggars and villainous thieves. Originally written as a story for children, THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER is a classic novel for adults as well - through its stinging attack on the ageless human folly of attempting to measure true worth by outer appearances.

  • Published: 3 November 2003
  • ISBN: 9780375761126
  • Imprint: Random House US Group
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 240
  • RRP: $35.00

About the author

Mark Twain

Born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in 1835, Mark Twain spent his youth in Hannibal, Missouri, which forms the setting for his two greatest works, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Trying his hand at printing, typesetting and then gold-mining, the former steam-boat pilot eventually found his calling in journalism and travel writing. Dubbed 'the father of American literature' by William Faulkner, Twain died in 1910 after a colourful life of travelling, bankruptcy and great literary success.

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