Author: Calvary Editions

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Published: 2020-08-20

Total Pages: 128

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Do you want to read the first historical fiction book Mark Twain wrote? If so, this is a must read, this book was published in Canada before it was published in the United States. The Prince and the Pauper, as one reviewer said, I read this several times as a kid, and loved it. I really loved Twain's humor and class commentary about the hypocrisy of the upper classes!The Prince and the Pauper is a historical fiction novel written by Mark Twain. Set in 1547, it tells the story of two young boys who were born on the same day and are identical in appearance: Tom Canty, a pauper who lives with his abusive, alcoholic father in Offal Court off Pudding Lane in London, and Edward VI of England, son of Henry VIII of England.