Pudd'nhead Wilson and Those Extraordinary Twins

Mark Twain, Ron Powers

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Modern Library Inc
03 February 2003

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Series: Modern Library Classics

Featuring the brilliantly drawn Roxanna, a mulatto slave who suffers dire consequences after switching her infant son with her master's baby, and the clever Pudd'nhead Wilson, an ostracized small-town lawyer, Twain's darkly comic masterpiece is a provocative exploration of slavery and miscegenation. Leslie A. Fiedler described the novel as ""half melodramatic detective story, half bleak tragedy,"" noting that ""morally, it is one of the most honest books in our literature."" Those Extraordinary Twins, the slapstick story that evolved into Pudd'nhead Wilson, provides a fascinating view of the author's process.

The text for this Modern Library Paperback Classic was set from the 1894 first American edition.

By: Mark Twain
Introduction by: Ron Powers
Imprint: Modern Library Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 131mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 229g
ISBN: 9780812966220
ISBN 10: 0812966228
Series: Modern Library Classics
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 03 February 2003
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ron Powers, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and native of Hannibal, Missouri, has written twelve books, including Dangerous Water- A Biography of the Boy Who Became Mark Twain. He lives in Middlebury, Vermont.