{"product_id":"2940169621310","title":"The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson: The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson and the Comedy of Those Extraordinary Twins","description":"Another of Mark Twain's best selling yarns of skullduggery and mischief. Set in the deep South, Pudd'nhead Wilson is the central character as an attorney who solves a murder mystery and lays bare the wicked deeds of a larger than life ensemble of personalities in his own wry and peculiar way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Wilson is called ¿Pudd¿nhead¿ by the townspeople, who fail to understand his combination of wisdom and eccentricity. He redeems himself by simultaneously solving a murder mystery and a case of transposed identities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo children, a white boy and a mulatto, are born on the same day. Roxy, mother of the mulatto, is given charge of the children; in fear that her son will be sold, she exchanges the babies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe mulatto, though he grows up as a white boy, turns out to be a scoundrel. He sells his mother and murders and robs his uncle. He accuses Luigi, one of a pair of twins, of the murder. Pudd¿nhead, a lawyer, undertakes Luigi¿s defense. On the basis of fingerprint evidence, he exposes the real murderer, and the white boy takes his rightful place.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book implicitly condemns a society that allows slavery. It concludes with a series of witty aphorisms from Pudd¿nhead¿s calendar.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTable of Contents\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Whisper to the Reader\u003cbr\u003eChapter 01 Pudd'nhead Wins His Name\u003cbr\u003eChapter 02 Driscoll Spares His Slaves\u003cbr\u003eChapter 03 Roxy Plays a Shrewd Trick\u003cbr\u003eChapter 04 The Ways of the Changelings\u003cbr\u003eChapter 05 The Twins Thrill Dawson's Landing\u003cbr\u003eChapter 06 Swimming in Glory\u003cbr\u003eChapter 07 The Unknown Nymph\u003cbr\u003eChapter 08 Marse Tom Tramples His Chance\u003cbr\u003eChapter 09 Tom Practices Sycophancy\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10 The Nymph Revealed\u003cbr\u003eChapter 11 Pudd'nhead's Thrilling Discovery\u003cbr\u003eChapter 12 The Shame of Judge Driscoll\u003cbr\u003eChapter 13 Tom Stares at Ruin\u003cbr\u003eChapter 14 Roxana Insists Upon Reform\u003cbr\u003eChapter 15 The Robber Robbed\u003cbr\u003eChapter 16 Sold Down the River\u003cbr\u003eChapter 17 The Judge Utters Dire Prophesy\u003cbr\u003eChapter 18 Roxana Commands\u003cbr\u003eChapter 19 The Prophesy Realized\u003cbr\u003eChapter 20 The Murderer Chuckles\u003cbr\u003eChapter 21 Doom \u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003eAuthor's Note to Those Extraordinary Twins","brand":"Mark Boyd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47104575045872,"sku":"2940169621310","price":6.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169621310_p0.jpg?v=1763689343","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169621310","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}