false 26293204 554647 682793 0553211587 9780553211580 150 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177117869m/682793.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/682793.Pudd_nhead_Wilson 3.68 2029 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, suspense, and pointed irony: a gem among the author's later works.]]> 1655 3.79 243207 6717 5 0 false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 04 09:13:02 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 04 09:14:58 -0700 2008