This classic satire of pre-Civil War era Mississippi from the author ofAdventures of HuckleberryFinnand The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
introduces one of Mark Twain’s most beloved characters, Pudd’nhead Wilson.
Set in a town on the Mississippi during the pre-Civil War era, Pudd’nhead Wilson tackles the seminal American issue of slavery in a tragicomedy of switched identities. What happens when a
child born free and a child born a slave change places? The result is a biting social commentary with enduring relevance, and a good old-fashioned murder mystery. It also introduces one of
Twain’s favorite characters: Pudd’nhead Wilson, an intellectual with a penchant for amateur sleuthing. F.R. Leavis proclaimed this novel “the masterly work of a great writer.”
With an introduction by Louis J. Budd and a new afterword by David Baldacci
