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Pudd'nhead Wilson and Those Extraordinary Twins

Mark Twain

出版	Harper, 1899
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=7B8RAAAAYAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋

Pudd'nhead Wilson tells a story of a young slave woman who switches her light-skinned newborn with her master's son at birth, and consequently a terrible crime and courtroom drama eventually ensue. David Wilson is an educated, intelligent lawyer with an unusual hobby: collecting fingerprints. He is famous for making philosophical comments, which earns him the nickname 'Pudd'nhead' from the less-educated townspeople. Like much of Twain's work, the odd plot and characters tell us much about the peculiarities of American society in the late nineteenth century, as the author humorously and pointedly ridicules small-town politics, religious beliefs, and the flawed logic of racial and class hierarchies in his society.