{"product_id":"the-prince-and-the-pauper-volume-5-paperback","title":"The Prince and the Pauper: Volume 5 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Twain\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eVictor Fischer\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMichael Barry Frank\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"What am I writing? A historical tale of 300 years ago, simply for the love of it.\" Mark Twain's \"tale\" became his first historical novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Prince and the Pauper, \u003c\/i\u003e published in 1881. Intricately plotted, it was intended to have the feel of history even though it was only the stuff of legend. In sixteenth-century England, young Prince Edward (son of Henry VIII) and Tom Canty, a pauper boy who looks exactly like him, are suddenly forced to change places. The prince endures \"rags \u0026amp; hardships\" while the pauper suffers the \"horrible miseries of princedom.\" Mark Twain called his book a \"tale for young people of all ages,\" and it has become a classic of American literature. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first edition in 1881 was fully illustrated by Frank Merrill, John Harley, and L. S. Ipsen. The boys in these illustrations, Mark Twain said, \"look and dress exactly as I used to see them cast in my mind. . . . It is a vast pleasure to see them cast in the flesh, so to speak.\" This Mark Twain Library edition exactly reproduces the text of the California scholarly edition, including all of the 192 illustrations that so pleased the author.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnquestionably the best book he has ever written.--Susy Clemens, aged thirteen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 342\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 8.22 x 5.47 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 05, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47453377462450,"sku":"9780520270015","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/31cc858680c006502d4c67f4150b8c3f.webp?v=1778828970","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-prince-and-the-pauper-volume-5-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}