Mark Twain

The Prince and the Pauper Mark Twain

Publisher Marketing: In the ancient city of London, on a certain autumn day in the second quarter of the sixteenth century, a boy was born to a poor family of the name of Canty, who did not want him. On the same day another English child was born to a rich family of the name of Tudor, who did want him. All England wanted him too. England had so longed for him, and hoped for him, and prayed God for him, that, now that he was really come, the people went nearly mad for joy. Mere acquaintances hugged and kissed each other and cried. Everybody took a holiday, and high and low, rich and poor, feasted and danced and sang, and got very mellow; and they kept this up for days and nights together. By day, London was a sight to see, with gay banners waving from every balcony and housetop, and splendid pageants marching along. By night, it was again a sight to see, with its great bonfires at every corner, and its troops of revellers making merry around them. There was no talk in all England but of the new baby, Edward Tudor, Prince of Wales, who lay lapped in silks and satins, unconscious of all this fuss, and not knowing that great lords and ladies were tending him and watching over him-and not caring, either. But there was no talk about the other baby, Tom Canty, lapped in his poor rags, except among the family of paupers whom he had just come to trouble with his presence. Review Citations: Wilson Middle/Junior Hi Catalo 01/01/2009 pg. 1027 (EAN 9780375761126, Paperback) Kliatt 03/01/2002 pg. 52 (EAN 9781931056472, Analog Audio Cassette) Publishers Weekly 08/06/2001 (EAN 9781931056472, Analog Audio Cassette) School Library Journal 10/01/1996 (EAN 9780787106393, Analog Audio Cassette) Ingram Children's Advance 06/01/1999 pg. 65 (EAN 9780679892137, Paperback) Contributor Bio:  Twain, Mark Shelley Fisher Fishkin is Joseph S. Atha Professor of Humanities, Professor of English and Director of American Studies at Stanford University. She is the author of many books, including "Lighting Out for the Territory: Reflections on Mark Twain and American Culture" and "Was Huck Black? Mark Twain and African-American Voices". She edited "Is He Dead?", a new play by Mark Twain, and is also the editor of the 29-volume Oxford Mark Twain. Barry Moser is one of America's foremost wood engravers and is the proprietor of the Pennyroyal Press. Among the books he has illustrated are "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, " and "Moby Dick, or The Whale", all from UC Press. The Mark Twain Project is housed within the Mark Twain Papers, the world's largest archive of primary materials by this major American writer.