Pudd'nhead Wilson
by Mark Twain | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: Global Overview for this book
ISBN: Global Overview for this book
Registered by nachtgeier of Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany on 3/11/2009
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
2 journalers for this copy...
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At the beginning of Pudd'nhead Wilson a young slave woman, fearing for her infant's son's life, exchanges her light-skinned child with her master's. From this rather simple premise Mark Twain fashioned one of his most entertaining, funny, yet biting novels. On its surface, Pudd'nhead Wilson possesses all the elements of an engrossing nineteenth-century mystery: reversed identities, a horrible crime, an eccentric detective, a suspenseful courtroom drama, and a surprising, unusual solution. Yet it is not a mystery novel. Seething with the undercurrents of antebellum southern culture, the book is a savage indictment in which the real criminal is society, and racial prejudice and slavery are the crimes. Written in 1894, Pudd'nhead Wilson glistens with characteristic Twain humor, with suspense, and with pointed irony: a gem among the author's later works.
At the beginning of Pudd'nhead Wilson a young slave woman, fearing for her infant's son's life, exchanges her light-skinned child with her master's. From this rather simple premise Mark Twain fashioned one of his most entertaining, funny, yet biting novels. On its surface, Pudd'nhead Wilson possesses all the elements of an engrossing nineteenth-century mystery: reversed identities, a horrible crime, an eccentric detective, a suspenseful courtroom drama, and a surprising, unusual solution. Yet it is not a mystery novel. Seething with the undercurrents of antebellum southern culture, the book is a savage indictment in which the real criminal is society, and racial prejudice and slavery are the crimes. Written in 1894, Pudd'nhead Wilson glistens with characteristic Twain humor, with suspense, and with pointed irony: a gem among the author's later works.
Journal Entry 2 by nachtgeier at -- Per Post geschickt / Persönlich weitergegeben --, Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany on Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Released 15 yrs ago (4/21/2009 UTC) at -- Per Post geschickt / Persönlich weitergegeben --, Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
gruengelb kindly offered asylum for this old paperback.
Hope you enjoy it.
gruengelb kindly offered asylum for this old paperback.
Hope you enjoy it.
Just taken it out of the post box. It's part of my MTRB now...
Thanks a lot for the RABCK, and thanks for sending it!
Thanks a lot for the RABCK, and thanks for sending it!
Journal Entry 4 by gruengelb at Bücherschrank Merianplatz in Frankfurt am Main, Hessen Germany on Tuesday, April 4, 2017
Released 7 yrs ago (3/31/2017 UTC) at Bücherschrank Merianplatz in Frankfurt am Main, Hessen Germany
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
This little one has been sitting on my book shelf far too long. I have released it to our local public book shelf, I hope there is a more thankful reader out there than I was.
Good luck, book!
Good luck, book!
