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EPISODE · Jan 1, 2004 · 5H 55M

Listen to The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain

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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/133226 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson Author: Mark Twain Narrator: Bobbie Frohman, A Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 55 minutes Release date: January 1, 2004 Ratings: Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: Another of Mark Twain's best selling yarns of skullduggery and mischief. Set in the deep South, Pudd'nhead Wilson is the central character as an attorney who solves a murder mystery and lays bare the wicked deeds of a larger than life ensemble of personalities in his own wry and peculiar way. David Wilson is called "Pudd'nhead" by the townspeople, who fail to understand his combination of wisdom and eccentricity. He redeems himself by simultaneously solving a murder mystery and a case of transposed identities. Two children, a white boy and a mulatto, are born on the same day. Roxy, mother of the mulatto, is given charge of the children; in fear that her son will be sold, she exchanges the babies. The mulatto, though he grows up as a white boy, turns out to be a scoundrel. He sells his mother and murders and robs his uncle. He accuses Luigi, one of a pair of twins, of the murder. Pudd'nhead, a lawyer, undertakes Luigi's defense. On the basis of fingerprint evidence, he exposes the real murderer, and the white boy takes his rightful place. The book implicitly condemns a society that allows slavery. It concludes with a series of witty aphorisms from Pudd'nhead's calendar. Table of Contents: A Whisper to the Reader Chapter 01 Pudd'nhead Wins His Name Chapter 02 Driscoll Spares His Slaves Chapter 03 Roxy Plays a Shrewd Trick Chapter 04 The Ways of the Changelings Chapter 05 The Twins Thrill Dawson's Landing Chapter 06 Swimming in Glory Chapter 07 The Unknown Nymph Chapter 08 Marse Tom Tramples His Chance Chapter 09 Tom Practices Sycophancy Chapter 10 The Nymph Revealed Chapter 11 Pudd'nhead's Thrilling Discovery Chapter 12 The Shame of Judge Driscoll Chapter 13 Tom Stares at Ruin Chapter 14 Roxana Insists Upon Reform Chapter 15 The Robber Robbed Chapter 16 Sold Down the River Chapter 17 The Judge Utters Dire Prophesy Chapter 18 Roxana Commands Chapter 19 The Prophesy Realized Chapter 20 The Murderer Chuckles Chapter 21 Doom Conclusion Author's Note to Those Extraordinary Twins AUTHOR Mark Twain (1835-1910) was born Samuel L. Clemens in the town of Florida, Missouri. One of the most popular and influential authors our nation has ever produced, his keen wit and incisive satire earned him praise from both critics and peers. He has been called not only the greatest humorist of his age but the father of American literature. "

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