by Mark Twain
The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson is Mark Twain's dark novel about identity, race, slavery, reputation, and the destructive logic of social classification. Set in a Missouri town, the story turns on switched infants, legal status, fingerprints, and the cruel absurdities created by a society obsessed with blood and rank. Twain's humor here has a bitter edge.
The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson is one of Twain's most unsettling works because its plot exposes the violence behind supposedly respectable customs. It combines mystery, satire, courtroom drama, and moral indictment. Readers interested in American literature, race in fiction, social hypocrisy, and Twain's darker imagination will find a sharp, compact, and disturbing novel about identity, law, inheritance, and injustice.
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