Pudd'nhead Wilson and Those Extraordinary Twins (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) - Softcover

9781593082550: Pudd'nhead Wilson and Those Extraordinary Twins (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)
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&&LDIV&&R&&LDIV&&R&&LDIV&&R&&LI&&RPudd'nhead Wilson and Those Extraordinary Twins&&L/I&&R, by &&LB&&RMark Twain&&L/B&&R, is part of the &&LI&&RBarnes & Noble Classics&&L/I&&R&&LI&&R &&L/I&&Rseries, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of &&LI&&RBarnes & Noble Classics&&L/I&&R: &&LDIV&&R
  • New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars
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  • Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work
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  • Bibliographies for further reading
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All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. &&LI&&RBarnes & Noble Classics &&L/I&&Rpulls together a constellation of influences―biographical, historical, and literary―to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.&&L/DIV&&R&&L/DIV&&R&&L/DIV&&R&&LDIV&&R &&L/DIV&&R&&LDIV&&RWritten during &&LB&&RMark Twain&&L/B&&R’s so-called pessimistic period, &&LI&&RPudd’nhead Wilson&&L/I&&R is a darkly comic masterpiece that exposes the wounds of racism in America and the absurdity of judging character based upon class or skin color.&&LBR&&R&&LBR&&RSet in a small Mississippi River town in the state of Missouri before the Civil War, the novel begins when Roxana, a beautiful slave who can pass for white, switches the child of her master with her own infant son, now called Tom, who grows into a cruel and cowardly man. When Tom’s uncle, Judge Driscoll, is found murdered after a botched robbery attempt, suspicion is cast upon two former sideshow performers, Luigi and Angelo Capello, a pair of good-looking and charming identical twins from Italy. Meanwhile, David “Pudd’nhead” Wilson is a wise but unorthodox lawyer who collects fingerprints as a hobby. Shunned as an eccentric, he ultimately wins the respect of the townspeople when he solves the murder mystery and reveals the true identity of the killer.&&LBR&&R&&LBR&&ROften hilarious, sometimes appalling, and always fast-paced, &&LI&&RPudd’nhead Wilson&&L/I&&R is ultimately a fierce condemnation of a racially prejudiced society that was predicated upon the institution of slavery.&&LBR&&R&&LBR&&RThis edition also includes Twain’s related short story, “Those Extraordinary Twins.”&&L/DIV&&R&&LDIV&&R &&L/DIV&&R&&LDIV&&R&&LDIV&&R&&LB&&RDarryl Pinckney&&L/B&&R is the author of &&LI&&RHigh Cotton&&L/I&&R, a novel, and, in the Alain Locke Lecture Series, &&LI&&ROut There: Mavericks of Black Literature&&L/I&&R. &&L/DIV&&R&&L/DIV&&R&&L/DIV&&R

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Featuring the brilliantly drawn Roxanna, a mulatto slave who suffers dire consequences after switching her infant son with her master's baby, and the clever Pudd'nhead Wilson, an ostracized small-town lawyer, Twain's darkly comic masterpiece is a provocative exploration of slavery and miscegenation. Leslie A. Fiedler described the novel as "half melodramatic detective story, half bleak tragedy," noting that "morally, it is one of the most honest books in our literature." "Those Extraordinary Twins, the slapstick story that evolved into Pudd'nhead Wilson, provides a fascinating view of the author's process.
The text for this Modern Library Paperback Classic was set from the 1894 first American edition.
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“Mark Twain, in his presentation of Negroes as human beings, stands head and shoulders above the other Southern writers of his times.”—Langston Hughes

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  • PublisherBarnes & Noble Classics
  • Publication date2005
  • ISBN 10 159308255X
  • ISBN 13 9781593082550
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages256
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