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The Tragedy of Pudd'Nhead Wilson and the Comedy of Those Extraordinary Twins
The Tragedy of Pudd'Nhead Wilson and the Comedy of Those Extraordinary Twins Author:Mark Twain Perhaps the greatest of Twain's later works, this story of switched babies and slavery is Twain's darkest and most considered opinion on the issue of race. — Set in a town not unlike Hannibal of Twain's youth, the book began life as a slapstick comedy about Siamese twins. But "it changed from a farce to a tragedy," Twain tel... more »ls us, in the course of his writing, and the result was one of the most profound meditations on race and identity an American writer has produced.« less