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

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

de Mark Twain (auteur), Darryl Pinckney (introduction), Darryl Pinckney (introduction et notes)
Maison d'édition : Barnes & Noble Classics
juin 2009

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Puddnhead 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. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
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  • Footnotes and endnotes
  • Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work
  • Comments by other famous authors
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  • Indices & Glossaries, when appropriate
All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influences—biographical, historical, and literary—to enrich each readers understanding of these enduring works.
 
Written during Mark Twain’s so-called pessimistic period, Pudd’nhead Wilson 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.

Set 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.

Often hilarious, sometimes appalling, and always fast-paced, Pudd’nhead Wilson is ultimately a fierce condemnation of a racially prejudiced society that was predicated upon the institution of slavery.

This edition also includes Twain’s related short story, “Those Extraordinary Twins.”
 
Darryl Pinckney is the author of High Cotton, a novel, and, in the Alain Locke Lecture Series, Out There: Mavericks of Black Literature.

Auteur

  • Mark Twain (auteur)

    Né en 1835, Mark Twain grandit à Hannibal, petit village situé sur la rive droite du Mississippi. À 18 ans, il s'engage comme pilote sur le fleuve; c'est ainsi qu'il acquiert les connaissances qui lui permettront plus tard d'écrire l'histoire de Tom Sawyer. Il a 26 ans quand éclate la guerre de Sécession. Bien qu'il soit originaire du Sud, il refuse de se battre pour le maintien de l'esclavage et s'enfuit dans les montagnes de l'Ouest où il se fait chercheur d'or, mais sans succès. Il devient alors journaliste. En 1876, il publie «Les Aventures de Tom Sawyer» et, huit ans plus tard, «Les Aventures de Huckleberry Finn». Mark Twain est mort le 21 avril 1910.

Auteur(s) : Mark Twain

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Caractéristiques

Éditeur : Barnes & Noble Classics

Auteur(s) : Mark Twain

Publication : 1 juin 2009

Intérieur : Noir & blanc

Support(s) : Livre numérique eBook [ePub]

Contenu(s) : ePub

Protection(s) : Marquage social (ePub)

Taille(s) : 430 ko (ePub)

Langue(s) : Anglais

EAN13 Livre numérique eBook [ePub] : 9781411432987

EAN13 (papier) : 9781593082550

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