Author: Mark Twain Year: 1881 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Classic, Historical fiction, Children, Free books, Adventure, Young adult
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ISBNs: 9781949982435 9780451528353 1949982432 0451528352 |
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This treasured historical satire, played out in two very different socioeconomic worlds of 16th-century England, centers around the lives of two boys born in London on the same day: Edward, Prince of Wales and Tom Canty, a street beggar. During a chance encounter, the two realize they are identical and, as a lark, decide to exchange clothes and roles--a situation that briefly, but drastically, alters the lives of both youngsters. The Prince, dressed in rags, wanders about the city's boisterous neighborhoods among the lower classes and endures a series of hardships; meanwhile, poor Tom, now living with the royals, is constantly filled with the dread of being discovered for who and what he really is.
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