Tragedy of Pudd`nhead Wilson

Mark Twain`s classic satirical tale of race and identity. Roxana, a light-skinned slave nurse on a large Southern plantation, is desperate to give her son a better chance at life than she had ever enjoyed, and so she switches him with the master`s son. Years later, when Roxana`s real son has turned to gambling, murder, and theft, it is the country lawyer, Pudd`nhead Wilson, who unmasks the true identity of the two. Considered Twain`s most courageous work, this short novel is one of the most sensitive treatments of slavery in American fiction. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.