Pudd'nhead Wilson
2 journalers for this copy...
A very fun book to read.
Journal Entry 2 by Agrace at Dr. Richardson, DDS office in Dallas, Texas USA on Thursday, January 2, 2003
Released on Thursday, January 02, 2003 at Dr. Richardson, DDS office in Dallas, Texas USA.
on Preston, just South of Arappaho. In the waiting area.
on Preston, just South of Arappaho. In the waiting area.
rescued this from the dentist's office and will re-release soon.
Released on Tuesday, January 21, 2003 at Frisco Post Office in Frisco, Texas USA.
this will be on the counter of the post office.
this will be on the counter of the post office.
Picked this up at the Frisco Post Office and took it home to read.
Journal Entry 6 by book-babe at Frisco Post Office in Frisco, Texas USA on Saturday, January 25, 2003
Released on Saturday, January 25, 2003 at Frisco Post Office in Frisco, Texas USA.
On counter in p.o. lobby.
On counter in p.o. lobby.
This is one of the few works of Samuel Clemens that I had not read. On a superficial level, Pudd'nhead Wilson is a quickly read story told with Twain's quick. At a deeper level, it poses questions about who we are and what events mold us into the people we are. The novel should be required reading for any race-relations or cultural diversity student.
Synopsis from back cover: At the beginning of Pudd'nhead Wilson, a young slave woman, fearing for her infant son's life, exchanges the light-skinned child with her master's. From this rather simple premise, Mark Twain fashioned one of his most entertaining, funny yet biting novels. On its surface, Pudd'nhead Wilson 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 slavery, and racial prejudice and salvery are the crimes. Written in 1894, Pudd'nhead Wilson glistens with characteristic Twain humor, with suspense, and with pointed irony: a gem among the author's later works.
Synopsis from back cover: At the beginning of Pudd'nhead Wilson, a young slave woman, fearing for her infant son's life, exchanges the light-skinned child with her master's. From this rather simple premise, Mark Twain fashioned one of his most entertaining, funny yet biting novels. On its surface, Pudd'nhead Wilson 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 slavery, and racial prejudice and salvery are the crimes. Written in 1894, Pudd'nhead Wilson glistens with characteristic Twain humor, with suspense, and with pointed irony: a gem among the author's later works.
