Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894) was Mark Twain's last serious work of fiction, and perhaps the only real novel that he ever produced. Written in a more sombre vein than his other Mississippi writings, the novel reveals the sinister forces that Mark Twain felt to be threatening the American dream. In spite of a plot which includes child swapping, palmistry, and a pair of Italian twins, this astringent work also raises the serious issue of racial differences.
This volume also includes two other late works `Those Extraordinary Twins' and `The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg'.
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- ISBN10 0199554714
- ISBN13 9780199554713
- Publish Date 26 February 2009 (first published 1 October 1998)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Oxford University Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 320
- Language English