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The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson

by Mark Twain

Pages
about 193
Category
Literature & Fiction
Language
English
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3.5 h at 250 wpm
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From the opening

Copyright, 1894, by OLIVIA L. CLEMENS All Rights Reserved The right of dramatization and translation reserved.

Copyright, 1893-1894, by the Century Company, in the Century Magazine. Copyright, 1894, by Olivia L. Clemens (All Rights Reserved)

Pudd'nhead Wilson Chapter Chapter Title Page A Whisper to the Reader 15 I. Pudd'nhead Wins His Name 17 II. Driscoll Spares His Slaves 27 III. Roxy Plays a Shrewd Trick 41 IV. The Ways of the Changelings 52 V. The Twins Thrill Dawson's Landing 67 VI. Swimming in Glory 77 VII. The Unknown Nymph 86 VIII. Marse Tom Tramples His Chance 93 IX. Tom Practises Sycophancy 111 X. The Nymph Revealed 121 XI. Pudd'nhead's Startling Discovery 130 XII. The Shame of Judge Driscoll 155 XIII. Tom Stares at Ruin 166 XIV. Roxana Insists Upon Reform 179 XV. The Robber Robbed 197 XVI. Sold Down the River 214 XVII. The Judge Utters Dire Prophecy 221 XVIII. Roxana Commands 225 XIX. The Prophecy Realized 246 XX. The Murderer Chuckles 263 XXI. Doom 278 Conclusion 300

There is no character, howsoever good and fine, but it can be destroyed by ridicule, howsoever poor and witless. Observe the ass, for instance: his character is about perfect, he is the choicest spirit among all the humbler animals, yet see what ridicule has brought him to. Instead of feeling complimented when we are called an ass, we are left in doubt.--Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar.

A person who is ignorant of legal matters is always liable to make mistakes when he tries to photograph a court scene with his pen; and so I was not willing to let the law chapters in this book go to press without first subjecting them to rigid and exhausting revision and correction by a trained barrister--if that is what they are called.

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