Authors: Mark Twain
ISBN-13: 9781117032443, ISBN-10: 1117032442
Format: Paperback
Publisher: BiblioBazaar
Date Published: November 2009
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Riverboat pilot, journalist, failed businessman (several times over): Samuel Clemens -- the man behind the figure of Mark Twain -- led many lives. But it was in his novels and short stories that he created a voice and an outlook on life that will be forever identified with the American character.
Two young look-alikes in 16th-century England decide to trade clothes and roles, a situation that drastically alters the lives of both. This timeless tale of transposed identities remains one of Twain's best-loved novels.
Not bad, this adaptation which is one in a series now numbering over two dozen titles. While there's no literary merit to this retelling, the story is clearly told, numerous characters are kept in place, and nothing distracts the reader from what happens next. However, the tradeoff is that nothing much of Twain's inimitable style or the flavor of sixteenth century England remains although the theme of knowing the people well whom you are asked to rule comes through strongly. "Step into Classics" series.
I. | The Birth of The Prince and the Pauper | 23 |
II. | Toms Early Life | 27 |
III. | Tom's Meeting with the Prince | 37 |
IV. | The Prince's Troubles begin | 49 |
V. | Tom as a Patrician | 57 |
VI. | Tom receives Instructions | 73 |
VII. | Tom's First Royal Dinner | 89 |
VIII. | The Question of the Seal | 97 |
IX. | The River Pageant | 103 |
X. | The Prince in the Toils | 109 |
XI. | At Guildhall | 123 |
XII. | The Prince and His Deliverer | 133 |
XIII. | The Disappearence of the Prince | 151 |
XIV. | "Le R oi est mort--Vive le R oi" | 161 |
XV. | Tom as King | 179 |
XVI. | The State Dinner | 195 |
XVII. | Foo-Foo the First | 203 |
XVIII. | The Prince with the Tramps | 223 |
XIX. | The Prince with the Peasants | 237 |
XX. | The Prince and the Hermit | 247 |
XXI. | Hendon to the Rescue | 259 |
XXII. | A Victim of Treachery | 269 |
XXIII. | The Prince a Prisoner | 281 |
XXIV. | The Escape | 289 |
XXV. | Hendon Hall | 295 |
XXVI. | Disowned | 309 |
XXVII. | In Prison | 317 |
XXVIII. | The Sacrifice | 333 |
XXIX. | To London | 341 |
XXX. | Tom's Progress | 347 |
XXXI. | The Recognition Procession | 353 |
XXXII. | Coronation Day | 365 |
XXXIII. | Edward as King | 385 |
Conclusion: Justice and Retribution | 399 | |
Notes | 405 |