{"product_id":"9780553211580","title":"Pudd'nhead Wilson","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eTwain, Mark\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBantam Classics\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1\/1\/1984\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eMass-market Paperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eWritten as a sharp social commentary, Mark Twain’s scathing novel of mistaken identity and racial inequality remains strikingly relevant today—with an introduction by Langston Hughes.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the beginning of \u003ci\u003ePudd’nhead Wilson\u003c\/i\u003e a young enslaved woman, fearing for her infant son’s life, exchanges her light-skinned child with her master’s. From this rather simple premise Mark Twain fashioned one of his most entertaining and funny, yet biting novels. On its surface, \u003ci\u003ePudd’nhead Wilson\u003c\/i\u003e possesses all the elements of an engrossing nineteenth-century mystery: reversed identities, a horrible crime, an eccentric detective, a suspenseful courtroom drama, and a surprising, unusual solution. Yet it is not a mystery novel. Seething with the undercurrents of antebellum southern culture, the book is a savage indictment in which the real criminal is society, and racial prejudice and slavery are the crimes. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten in 1894, \u003ci\u003ePudd’nhead Wilson\u003c\/i\u003e glistens with characteristic Twain humor, with suspense, and with pointed irony: a gem among the author’s later works.","brand":"Bantam Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42957785825535,"sku":"9780553211580","price":5.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780553211580.jpg?v=1782753022","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780553211580","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}