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The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson

Mark Twain

The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson

Mark Twain

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"The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson" by Mark Twain is a novel published in 1894. Set in a Mississippi River town, it tells the story of two infants—one born into slavery with 1/32 black ancestry, the other white and free—who are secretly switched in their cradles. Each boy grows into the other's social role, setting the stage for a murder mystery that exposes the arbitrary nature of racial categories and the moral corruption beneath small-town respectability. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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  1. 1The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson(1)59,307 chars
  2. 2The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson(2)54,630 chars
  3. 3CHAPTER X.(1)59,896 chars
  4. 4CHAPTER X.(2)59,870 chars
  5. 5CHAPTER X.(3)10,810 chars
  6. 6CHAPTER XIX.(1)59,944 chars
  7. 7CHAPTER XIX.(2)11,518 chars