โ Scribed by Mark Twain
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Switched at birth by a female slave who fears for her infant son's life, a light-skinned child changes places with the master's white son. This simple premise underlies Twain's engrossing 19th-century tale of reversed identities, an eccentric detective, a horrible crime, and a tense courtroom scene.
Biographical note -- Introduction : Out of slapstick, genius : Mark Twain, meet Dr. Hackenbush / Ron Powers -- A note on the text -- Pudd'nhead Wilson -- Those extraordinary twins -- Commentary -- Reading group guide.
_Pudd'nhead Wilson and Those Extraordinary Twins_ , by **Mark Twain** , is part of the _Barnes & Noble Classics_ __ series, 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. H
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.
Mark Twain's book is a story of mixed babies and the ingenious detection of crime. It is not altogether another " Hucklebury Finn." On the other hand, it is a relief to find that it is not another " Yankee at King Arthur's Court." Roxy, the slave woman who changes the babies, is a delightful charact