David Wilson, a young lawyer, moves to town, and a clever remark of his is misunderstood, which causes locals to brand him a "pudd'nhead" (nitwit). The setting is the fictional frontier town of Dawson's Landing on the banks of the Mississippi River in the first half of the 19th century. The two boys, who look similar, are switched at infancy. Its central intrigue revolves around two boys one, born into slavery, with 1/32 black ancestry the other, white, born to be the master of the house. Pudd'nhead Wilson is a novel by American writer Mark Twain. The story was serialized in The Century Magazine (1893-1894), before being published as a novel in 1894. Published a few days before the American edition. Plates by Louis Loeb, frontispiece by James Mapes Dodge. Small octavo (7 1/2" 5 1/4") bound in original publisher's red cloth with black pictorial to cover and spine, black and gilt lettering to spine. ix++246++ pages with frontispiece and 6 other plates.
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