The Prince and the Pauper
By Mark Twain
Cover: Edward VI as a Child (c. 1538), oil on panel by Hans Holbein the Younger (c. 1497-1543) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (artist died 1543)
The Prince and the Pauper is a novel by American author Mark Twain. It was first published in 1881 in Canada, before its 1882 publication in the United States. The novel represents Twain's first attempt at historical fiction. The plot concerns the accession of nine-year-old Edward VI to the throne of England in 1547 and his interactions with look-alike Tom Canty, a London pauper who lives with his abusive, alcoholic father.
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Table of contents
- 1: The birth of the Prince and the Pauper
- 2: Tom’s early life
- 3: Tom’s meeting with the Prince
- 4: The Prince’s troubles begin
- 5: Tom as a Patrician
- 6: Tom receives instructions
- 7: Tom’s first royal dinner
- 8: The Question of the Seal
- 9: The river pageant
- 10: The Prince in the toils
- 11: At Guildhall
- 12: The Prince and his Deliverer
- 13: The disappearance of the Prince
- 14: ‘Le Roi est mort--vive le Roi.’
- 15: Tom as King
- 16: The State Dinner
- 17: Foo-foo the First
- 18: The Prince with the Tramps
- 19: Hendon to the rescue
- 20: A Victim of Treachery
- 21: The Prince a prisoner
- 22: The Escape
- 23: Hendon Hall
- 24: Disowned
- 25: In Prison
- 26: The sacrifice
- 27: To London
- 28: Tom’s progress
- 29: The Recognition procession
- 30: Coronation Day
- 31: Edward as King