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![]() Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Did this on Serial Reader for my classic for the year, and after I got used to the language, and once the plot was in full swing, I liked it a lot. I kept wondering what Mark Twain’s purpose in writing it was as I read. Was it satirizing the ridiculous levels of deference and care with which a monarch was treated (at one point, the false prince/king was dressed by an assembly line of about 20 people) and contrasting it with the suffering of the masses? I think probably that was part of it. Then I wondered if his depiction of Edward as a kind and merciful monarch (both the fake and the real one) was historically accurate, and his book was a reimagining of how that came to be (he’d had a chance to see how the poor folk of the realm lived and had seen how unfair and harsh the laws were because he lived among them for a time). I don’t actually know how accurate that is—from the small amount of googling I’ve done, it seems like he was influenced by his protectors because he was so young—so maybe there’s more fancy in Twain’s depiction than anything else. I will say it was an enjoyable story, especially towards the end, and I was clapping my hands at how it all turned out. Appartiene alle Collane Editoriali — 28 altro È contenuto inHistorical Romances: The Prince and the Pauper / A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court / Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc di Mark Twain The Prince and the Pauper & Those Extraordinary Twins (The Complete Novels of Mark Twain) di Mark Twain The Prince and the Pauper; A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Signet classics) di Mark Twain The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn/The Adventures of Tom Sawyer/The Prince and the Pauper di Mark Twain È rinarrato inHa l'adattamentoÈ riassunto inHa ispiratoHa come guida per lo studenteMenzioniElenchi di rilievo
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HTML: Written by quintessential American humor writer Mark Twain, The Prince and the Pauper offers an extraordinarily insightful glimpse into the British system of social classes. Although the novel was intended for children and young adults, it's a rollicking read for all fans of engrossing fiction. .Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche
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A case of mistaken identity leads to London street beggar Tom Canty trading places with his body double, Edward Tudor, Prince of Wales, hours before the latter ascends to become King Edward VI in January 1587. It has been adapted, retreaded and parodied many times throughout the last century, but most newer versions merely scratch the surface as a satire about class, while Mark Twain's focus is much deeper. In a key misadventure, Edward encounters a hermit who is as convinced he is an archangel as Edward is that he is king, but the hermit is supposedly really insane, whereas Edward is merely believed to be, which raises the question for modern audiences of young people obsessed with identity and how we identify: To what extent do we truly define our identity, and how much of it is built on the definitions of others? Twain himself toys with this notion of identity: A series of footnotes, many from David Hume's The History of England (1762), indicate not only the level of historical accuracy, but even how plausible the completely made-up story is. With a nod toward Jonathan Swift's wry sense of humor and Charles Dickens' fascination with the criminal element, this novel showcases Twain's range and eye for detail. (