The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson

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Creators: Mark Twain (1835-1910) "The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson" by Mark Twain is a novel published in 1894. Set in a Mississippi River town, it tells the story of two infants—one born into slavery with 1/32 black ancestry, the other white and free—who are secretly switched in their cradles. Each boy grows into the other's social role, setting the stage for a murder mystery that exposes the arbitrary nature of racial categories and the moral corruption beneath small-town respectability. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading Level: Reading ease score: 77.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Rights: Public domain in the USA. Downloads: 3098

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