Pudd'nhead Wilson

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Protection:
Filigrane

Année de parution:
2015

ISBN-13: 9781480453425

<DIV><B>A Southern town scandalized by the murder of its most prominent citizen uncovers a mystery even more shocking in this ironic suspense story from a great American master</B><BR /><BR /> Afraid for her infant son&rsquo;s life, a slave switches the boy with her master&rsquo;s child. A young New York lawyer fascinated by palmistry and fingerprint analysis moves below the Mason&ndash;Dixon line, makes a bad joke, and is immediately and forever branded a &ldquo;pudd&rsquo;nhead.&rdquo; Two Italian noblemen pay a visit to Dawson&rsquo;s Landing, Missouri, and become prime suspects in the murder of a local judge.<BR /> &#160;<BR /> From these disparate plot strands, Mark Twain fashions a humorous and entertaining tale with all the elements of the traditional murder mystery: a case of mistaken identity, a gruesome crime, a sinister villain, an eccentric detective, a climactic courtroom showdown, and an ingenious solution. But beneath this potboiler&rsquo;s pomp and circumstance lurks a clear-eyed and savagely compelling indictment of slavery and its poisonous effects on American society.<BR /> &#160;<BR /> Twain&rsquo;s last novel set in the antebellum South, <I>Pudd&rsquo;nhead Wilson </I>offers his clearest and most provocative condemnation of racial prejudice.<BR /> &#160;<BR /> This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.</DIV>