The Prince and the Pauper

by Mark Twain

This book is one of the classic book of all time.

Genres: Classics

Kindle Edition

First published October 1, 2015

About the author

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Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist and essayist. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature." His novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), with the latter often called the "Great American Novel." Twain also wrote A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) and Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894), and co-wrote The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (1873) with Charles Dudley Warner.

Reviews

[Meredith Henning · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love Jim Weiss and this one did not disappoint! Listened to and from cello with my sweet boy :)

[The Rating · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think most people understand the premise of The Prince and the Pauper even if they’ve never touched the book: a young prince and a young pauper, by some genetic miracle, look like twins, so they decide to trade lives for a bit. It’s funny; I’m not quite sure why that story has stuck in the public consciousness all these years, considering the fact that there aren’t any major film adaptations, as far as I know. I guess you could say The Parent Trap is a very . . . very . . . light adaptation of the tale, but that seems like a bit of a stretch, don’t you think? I don’t know. I guess that testifies to the staying power of this novel.

PLOT:

The majority of this plot follows whichever boy was stuck outside the royal palace, which is honestly for the best. I found most of the chapters within the palace to be incredibly irritating because it was just so dull! Nothing all that interesting seemed to happen! But I guess that’s kind of the point. The Prince never had to worry about much, having lived within the palace walls in safety when outside the country was fraught with danger.

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[Mercedes Schultz · Rating 5 out of 5]

This abridged version of a classic novel encourages the young readers to the wonderful world of reading.

[Nolan McGough · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was honestly very forgettable. Not a good plot.

[Micah Rogers · Rating 4 out of 5]

A real and true classic.

[Joyce T. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Definitely one of the best classic books

I've loved this book since I was in third grade. I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in historical fiction.