The Prince and the Pauper (World's Classics)

by Mark Twain (Author), Lucy Rollin (Editor), Mark Twain (Author), Mark Twain (Author), Lucy Rollin (Editor), Mark Twain (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1996

  $3.25

  Set in Renaissance England, The Prince and the Pauper tells the story of Tom Canty, a ragged pauper, and young Edward VI, only son of Henry VIII, who miraculously look exactly alike. Almost by accident, the boys exchange places a few days before Henry's death and Edward's coronation, leaving Tom to the role of future king and Edward to the mercy of the beggars' underworld of London. A rousing tale of mistaken identity, The Prince and the Pauper reveals a side of Mark Twain seldom seen.

• Used

  Paperback
  2002

  $5.06

• Used

  Hardcover
  1997

  $7.52

• New

  Paperback
  1998

  $21.04

  Tom Canty and Edward Tudor could have been identical twins. Their birthdays match, their faces match, but there the likeness stops. For Edward is a prince, heir to King Henry VIII, whilst Tom is a miserable pauper. But when fate intervenes, Edward is thrown out of the palace in rags, leaving ignorant Tom to play the part of a royal prince. Even those who have never read the novel will be familiar with Twain's classic tale of mistaken identity: at once an adventure story and a fantasy of timeless appeal.