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The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson

Mark Twain

Cover of The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson

About this work

A young slave woman attempting to protect her son from the horrors of slavery, switches her light-skinned infant with the master's white son. *This novel features a literary first — the use of fingerprinting to solve a crime.*

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Edition identifiers ISBN-10 8489846650 · ISBN-13 9788489846654

Subjects

  • Passing (Identity)
  • Race relations
  • Trials (Murder)
  • Impostors and imposture
  • Open Library Staff Picks
  • Slavery
  • Fiction
  • Infants switched at birth
  • Twins
  • Conjoined twins
  • Large type books
  • Missouri, fiction
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ES-language editions of The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson

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PaperbackDecember 2000 · Alba
Cover not cataloged
Language
Spanish
ISBN-10
8489846650
EAN-13
9788489846654
PaperbackJune 2002 · Tusquets
Cover of Wilson, El Chiflado
Extent
232 pages
Language
Spanish
ISBN-10
8472230708
EAN-13
9788472230705
PaperbackFebruary 1997 · Grupo Editorial Norma
Cover not cataloged
Language
Spanish
ISBN-10
9580431469
EAN-13
9789580431466