The Prince and the Pauper

The Prince and the Pauper
Mark Twain

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.‘When I am king, they shall not have bread and shelter only, but also teachings out of books; for a full belly is little worth where the mind is starved, and the heart.’Set in 16th-Century England and following the lives of two young boys, The Prince and the Pauper is a classic and timeless tale. Tom Canty, the lowly pauper is almost identical in appearance to Edward Tudor, a prince. Unbeknownst to those around them, the boys strike up an unlikely friendship and soon realise that with their similar looks they could easily pass for one another.When the Prince’s father dies, some of the more underhand court officials persuade the pauper to act as the Prince in order to reap the benefits of the ‘mistake’ and there follows a tale of friendship and growing up in one of Mark Twain’s most infamous works.

THE PRINCE

AND THE PAUPER

Mark Twain

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This edition published 2011

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CONTENTS

Cover (#u947256be-16ef-5672-b7d3-7485a25bb108)

Title Page (#u018612fe-db2c-5340-a54a-dc7fb6d04d34)

Copyright (#u9c0832c4-b8d3-503a-a5a0-61a78fa4c129)

Chapter 1 The Birth of the Prince and the Pauper (#u071d6c41-340f-57c8-bc8c-20880508c86d)

Chapter 2 Tom’s Early Life (#u1dc2446b-f394-550c-8925-0c380c7bdd4f)

Chapter 3 Tom’s Meeting with the Prince (#u300c1842-e7b5-5399-a347-f67a21beac50)

Chapter 4 The Prince’s Troubles Begin (#u3acc003e-1b4e-582a-93cd-926d9d8ecd5b)

Chapter 5 Tom as a Patrician (#u6f34dfee-8744-51c5-8884-53012ad35eb2)

Chapter 6 Tom Receives Instructions (#u9a98deb9-a86e-5089-b3dc-68364902a2e7)

Chapter 7 Tom’s First Royal Dinner (#ud8527af7-e55b-5979-b8e6-cc39b2c7c594)

Chapter 8 The Question of the Seal (#u2da81b95-d790-577b-9cd1-c1fdc934e56b)

Chapter 9 The River Pageant (#ub65a9cde-b074-54b3-8475-7765d3e46734)

Chapter 10 The Prince in the Toils (#u2e23cf0f-e8e4-5361-a51c-4edd7bd84828)

Chapter 11 At Guildhall (#ubd031eb4-6b2e-556c-8b6a-60939de58c27)

Chapter 12 The Prince and His Deliverer (#u3c711c8e-30c8-5d3b-b43d-f3197b8409e0)

Chapter 13 The Disappearance of the Prince (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 14 “Le Roi Est Mort—Vive Le Roi” (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 15 Tom as King (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 16 The State Dinner (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 17 Foo-foo the First (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 18 The Prince with the Tramps (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 19 The Prince with the Peasants (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 20 The Prince and the Hermit (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 21 Hendon to the Rescue (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 22 A Victim of Treachery (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 23 The Prince a Prisoner (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 24 The Escape (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 25 Hendon Hall (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 26 Disowned (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 27 In Prison (#litres_trial_promo)