Puddn’head Wilson is Mark Twain’s novel of satirical wit aimed at the injustices in the southern states of America in the mid 19th century. It tells the story of two children, one born free, the other a slave. When the slaves mother, Roxana, switches the infants in their cradles she is not the only one who lives to regret the action. The tale has many facets to it. It is a murder mystery, a social commentary on the manners and beliefs of the time and a detective novel. Mark Twain was called the ‘Lincoln of American Literature’. When you listen to ‘Pudd’nhead Wilson’ you’ll understand why.

Collection	Narrator	Length
American	Gore Newcombe	6 hrs

Media	Compact Disc	Audio Tape
Media Qty	6	4
Audio Format	CD-DA	Analogue
Book Code	AM-301CD	AM-301TA
ISBN	978 1 86015 027 2	978 1 86015 428 7
Price	£18.49	£14.99

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 –1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American humorist, satirist, novelist, writer, and lecturer born in Florida, Missouri.

Aged four, his family moved to Hannibal, a port town on the Mississippi River which later served as the inspiration for the fictional town of St. Petersburg in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. Missouri had been admitted as a slave state from an early age Twain was exposed to the institution of slavery, a theme which Twain was to later explore in his work. Ironically enough, Twain was in fact colorblind, which fuelled his witty banter in the social circles of the day. Aged eleven, his father fell ill with pneumonia and died.

As a teenager Twain worked as an apprentice printer and at sixteen, he began writing humorous articles and newspaper sketches. Although Twain was confounded by financial and business affairs, his humor and wit were keen, and he enjoyed immense public popularity

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