[Gutenberg 102] • The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson
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- Authors
- Twain, Mark
- Publisher
- Green Planet Publishing
- Tags
- infants switched at birth -- fiction , missouri -- fiction , race relations -- fiction , passing (identity) -- fiction , classics , legal stories , humour , impostors and imposture -- fiction , trials (murder) -- fiction
- Date
- 1893-05-10T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.17 MB
- Lang
- en
The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain
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The book takes place in the fictional Missouri frontier town of Dawson's Landing on the banks of the Mississippi River in the first half of the 19th century. 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" – a nitwit. His hobby of collecting fingerprints does not raise his standing in the townsfolk's eyes, who see him as an eccentric and do not frequent his law practice.