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The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson

by Mark Twain

3.9 · 174 pages · First published 1758

A young slave woman attempting to protect her son from the horrors of slavery, switches her light-skinned infant with the master's white son. *This novel features a literary first — the use of fingerprinting to solve a crime.*

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Passing (Identity)Race relationsTrials (Murder)Impostors and impostureSlaveryFictionInfants switched at birthTwinsConjoined twinsLarge type booksMissouri, fictionAmerican fiction (fictional works by one author)Fiction, historicalFiction, legalSlaves, fictionTwins, fictionAmerican literatureSatire, americanFiction, historical, generalFiction, suspense
Publishers
Grupo Editorial Norma, Bantam Books(Classic & Loveswept), Grosset & Dunlap, Tantor Media, G.K. Hall, Easton Press
Languages
und, spa, nor, dan, eng, urd, chi