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The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson and the Comedy Those Extraordinary Twins: And the Comedy, Those Extraordinary Twins
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Oxford Univ Pr
Publication date
December 1, 1996
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780195101478
ISBN-10
0195101472
Dimensions
1.50 by 6.50 by 9 in.
Weight
1 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$19.95
Other format details
university press
§As reported by publisher
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Summary
Tells the stories of Siamese twins and two infants, one slave, one free, that were switched at birth
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Widely acknowledged as the greatest of his later works, IThe Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson, is Twain's most searingly ironic vision of race in America. Set in a town not unlike the Hannibal of Twain's youth, the book began life as a slapstick comedy about Siamese twins. But "it changed from a farce to a tragedy," Twain tells us, in the course of his writing, and the result was one of the most profound meditations on race and identity an American writer has produced. The voice that dominates this tale is that of Roxana, a light-skinned slave desperate to keep her child from being sold down the river, who switches him in the cradle with the child of her master. Roxana, Twain's most complex and fully-realized adult female character, is a compelling tragic heroine; the plot she sets in motion is daring, risky, and totally riveting. Murder and mayhem precede a courtroom scene that ranks as one of the most memorable in American literature. This conflicted, provocative, richly satirical novel confronts head-on the enigma of what makes us who we are.
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from Oxford Univ Pr (December 1, 1996)
9780195101478 | details & prices | 6.50 × 9.00 × 1.50 in. | 1.95 lbs | List price $19.95
About: Tells the stories of Siamese twins and two infants, one slave, one free, that were switched at birth
About: Tells the stories of Siamese twins and two infants, one slave, one free, that were switched at birth
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