The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson
| Language | en |
|---|---|
| First published | 2004-09-14 |
| Rights | Public domain in the USA. |
| Gutenberg ID | #102 |
Description
"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.)