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Mark Twain
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court — Mark Twain. A nineteenth-century American mechanic finds himself in King Arthur's world and uses practical knowledge to gain power. Mark Twain's time-travel satire examines monarchy, superstition, technological progress, and the violence beneath romantic images of the past.
Mark TwainNoveleBookAdventures of Huckleberry Finn
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn — Mark Twain. Huck Finn escapes an abusive home and travels down the Mississippi with Jim, a man fleeing enslavement. Their raft journey becomes an adventure through deception, danger and the moral contradictions of nineteenth-century American society.
Mark TwainNoveleBookPudd'nhead Wilson
Pudd'nhead Wilson — Mark Twain. A secret exchange of two infants in a Missouri slaveholding town reshapes their lives and the identities society assigns them. When a murder brings suspicion upon visiting twins, David Wilson's fingerprint records expose a deeper history of deception and injustice.
Mark TwainNoveleBookThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer — Mark Twain. Tom Sawyer turns childhood in a Missouri river town into a succession of pranks, friendships, and risky adventures. Beneath the humor, his encounters with a murder, a hidden treasure, and the mysterious caves test his courage and loyalty.
Mark TwainChildren’s literatureeBookThe Prince and the Pauper
The Prince and the Pauper — Mark Twain. Two boys who look alike exchange clothes and find themselves living on opposite sides of Tudor society. Their adventures reveal the cruelty of poverty, the uncertainties of power and the distance between a royal title and human experience.
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