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Loading... The Prince and the Pauper (Signet Classics)by Mark Twain
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Summary: Edward Tudor and Tom Canty are the same age and share the same features--only one of them is a pauper's child and the other is the heir to the throne of England. When fate brings the boys together, they switch clothes, but soon they are in each other's worlds.   hgcslibrary | Nov 29, 2009 |  This is a fantasy story. The pauper who similar to the prince of England was born. For one thing, they decided to change thier place. And they faced thier difficulities each other. Finally, they... I think this story includes a very big dream! When I read this book, I feel excitied. I think it is interesting to do it because I can't do absolutely in my life. However the ending is a little sad. (  ) chacochan | Nov 3, 2009 | Two boys come out for this book. Edword is prince and Tom is pauper. They change their own place. But they cannot change back. Will they return their own place? This book made me angry. Because father of Tom is very selfish. But this story is very moving. So I will recommend it. (  ) piya2 | Oct 20, 2009 | In this book, Prince Edward and a beggar, Tom Canty, switch places accidentally. They have many different adventures based on what kind of people they were with. It's in England, during the reign of King Henry VIII. Most of the characters were fictionally made. Overall, it was an okay book; but unless you don't enjoy the medieval way the characters talk, then i suggest you don't read this book. (  ) josejalapeno | Oct 5, 2009 | I did not like this book because it was very hard to understand (at least the version i read). I think that Mark Twain over did the old english a little bit. (  ) 14hermannsc | Oct 5, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0520036220, Hardcover)"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. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:57:55 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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