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    The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson (Version 2)
    The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson (Version 2)
    The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson (Version 2)
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    The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson (Version 2)

    Written by Mark Twain

    Narrated by LibriVox Community

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    About this audiobook

    It was published in 1893–1894 by Century Magazine in seven installments, and is a detective story with some racial themes. The plot of this novel is a detective story, in which a series of identities - the judge's murderer, Tom, Chambers - must be sorted out. This structure highlights the problem of identity and one's ability to determine one's own identity. Broader issues of identity are the central ideas of this novel.

    One of Twain’s major goals in this book was to exploit the true nature of Racism at that period. Twain used comic relief as a way to divulge his theme. The purpose of a comic relief is to address his or her opinion in a less serious way, yet persuade the reader into thinking the writers thoughts. Twain’s use of satire is visible throughtout the book. Twain’s use of colloquialism (dialect) and local color as features of Naturalism to convey his theme, is impressive and ahead for his time. (Summary by Wikipedia)
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
    The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson (Version 2)
    Author

    Mark Twain

    Mark Twain, born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in 1835, left school at age 12. His career encompassed such varied occupations as printer, Mississippi riverboat pilot, journalist, travel writer, and publisher, which furnished him with a wide knowledge of humanity and the perfect grasp of local customs and speech manifested in his writing. It wasn't until The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), that he was recognized by the literary establishment as one of the greatest writers America would ever produce. Toward the end of his life, plagued by personal tragedy and financial failure, Twain grew more and more cynical and pessimistic. Though his fame continued to widen--Yale and Oxford awarded him honorary degrees--he spent his last years in gloom and desperation, but he lives on in American letters as "the Lincoln of our literature."

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      Spellbinding! Yes there is racism but I feel the whole point was to show the terrible consequences of such degradation. It showed how people were treated which is horrifying.