An edition of The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson (1758)

Pudd'nhead Wilson

a tale. With a portrait of the author

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An edition of The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson (1758)

Pudd'nhead Wilson

a tale. With a portrait of the author

by

  • ★★★ ★ 3.90 ·
  • 10 Ratings
  • 51 Want to read
  • 5 Currently reading
  • 13 Have read

A young slave woman attempting to protect her son from the horrors of slavery, switches her light-skinned infant with the master's white son.
This novel features a literary first — the use of fingerprinting to solve a crime.

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Publisher
Chatto & Windus
Language
English
Pages
246

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Subjects
Passing (Identity), Race relations, Trials (Murder), Impostors and imposture, Open Library Staff Picks, Slavery, Fiction, Infants switched at birth, Twins, Conjoined twins, Large type books, Missouri, fiction, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, historical, Fiction, legal, Slaves, fiction, Twins, fiction, American literature, Satire, american, Fiction, historical, general, Fiction, suspense, African americans, fiction, Lawyers, Literature and fiction, historical fiction, Enslaved persons, fiction, Crime, fiction, Fiction, general, Passing (identity), Trials (murder), Classics
People
Mark Twain (1835-1910)
Places
Missouri, United States, fictional Missouri frontier town of Dawson's Landing
Times
1800-1850

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Cover of: Pudd'nhead Wilson
Pudd'nhead Wilson
2017, Digireads
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The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson
Jul 18, 2011, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Brand: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson
2008-07-22, LibriVox
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Pudd'nhead Wilson
2008-01-04, LibriVox
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The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson
2006-08-20, Project Gutenberg
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Pudd'nhead Wilson
2005, ICON Classics
electronic resource / in English - Webster's Korean Thesaurus ed. for ESL, EFL, ELP, TOEFL, TOEIC and AP test preparation.
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Pudd'nhead Wilson
2005, ICON Classics
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Pudd'nhead Wilson
2005, ICON Classics
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Cover of: The Tragedy of Puddin'Head Wilson
The Tragedy of Puddin'Head Wilson
March 2001, Quiet Vision Pub
Paperback in English
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Pudd'nhead Wilson
1905, Chatto & Windus
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Pudd'nhead Wilson: a tale. With a portrait of the author
1894, Chatto & Windus
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London

Edition Notes

First edition. Cf. J.K. Potter. Samuel L. Clemens; first editions and values.

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Pagination
ix, [1], 246, 32 p. (32 p. at end advertisements)
Number of pages
246

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OL19072453M

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