The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson

by Mark Twain

First published 1758 · 174 pages

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A young slave woman attempting to protect her son from the horrors of slavery, switches her light-skinned infant with the master's white son. *This novel features a literary first — the use of fingerprinting to solve a crime.*

  • Passing (Identity)
  • Race relations
  • Trials (Murder)
  • Impostors and imposture
  • Open Library Staff Picks
  • Slavery
  • Fiction
  • Infants switched at birth

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