The Prince and the Pauper -- Mark Twain

Set in sixteenth-century England, Mark Twain's classic "tale for young people of all ages" features two identical-looking boys--a prince and a pauper--who trade clothes and step into each other's lives. While the urchin, Tom Canty, discovers luxury and power, Prince Edward, dressed in rags, roams his kingdom and experiences the cruelties inflicted on the poor by the Tudor monarchy. As Christopher Paul Curtis observes in his Introduction, <i>The Prince and the Pauper</i> is "funny, adventurous, and exciting, yet also chock-full of . . . exquisitely reasoned harangues against society's ills." <p/>This Modern Library Paperback Classic is set from the Mark Twain Project edition, which is the approved text of the Center for Scholarly Editions of the Modern Language Association.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Mark Twain<br><b>Publisher:</b> Modern Library<br><b>Published:</b> 07/08/2003<br><b>Pages:</b> 240<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.39lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.10h x 5.22w x 0.53d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780375761126<br><br><b>Accelerated Reader:</b><br><b>Reading Level:</b> 9.5<br><b>Point Value:</b> 13<br><b>Interest Level:</b> Middle Grade Plus<br><b>Quiz #/Name: </b>54437 / Prince and the Pauper (Unabridged)<br><br><p><b>About the Author</b><br><b>Christopher Paul Curtis</b>, winner of the Newbery Medal and the Coretta Scott King Award, is the author of <i>The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963</i> and <i>Bud, Not Buddy</i>. He is currently at work on a novel entitled <i>Bu