- Published: 1 May 2002
- ISBN: 9780451528353
- Imprint: Signet
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 240
- RRP: $19.99
The Prince and the Pauper
The Graphic Novel
Following the initial 16 Campfire graphic novels, published in Fall 2010, this series continues to grow with 25 titles being launched in Spring 2011 and more to follow later in the year.
Two boys exchange their clothes and their lives in the classic satiric comedy of mistaken identity
They are the same age. They look alike. In fact, there is but one difference between them: Tom Canty is a child of the London slums; Edward Tudor is heir to the throne of England. Just how insubstantial this difference really is becomes clear when a chance encounter leads to an exchange of roles…with the pauper caught up in the pomp and folly of the royal court, and the prince wandering, horror-stricken, through the lower depths of sixteenth-century English society.
Out of the theme of switched identities, Mark Twain has fashioned both a scathing attack upon social hypocrisy and injustice and an irresistible comedy imbued with the sense of high-spirited play that belongs to his most creative period.
With an Afterword by Everett Emerson
- Published: 1 May 2002
- ISBN: 9780451528353
- Imprint: Signet
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 240
- RRP: $19.99