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THE PRINCE
AND THE PAUPER
Mark Twain
Harper Press
An imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF
This edition published 2011
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British Library
Life & Times section by Gerard Cheshire
Classic Literature: Words and Phrases adapted from
Collins English Dictionary
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Ebook edition © MAY 2012 ISBN 9780007477470
Version: 2015-12-22
CONTENTS
Chapter 1 The Birth of the Prince and the Pauper
Chapter 3 Tom’s Meeting with the Prince
Chapter 4 The Prince’s Troubles Begin
Chapter 6 Tom Receives Instructions
Chapter 7 Tom’s First Royal Dinner
Chapter 8 The Question of the Seal
Chapter 10 The Prince in the Toils
Chapter 12 The Prince and His Deliverer
Chapter 13 The Disappearance of the Prince
Chapter 14 “Le Roi Est Mort—Vive Le Roi”
Chapter 18 The Prince with the Tramps
Chapter 19 The Prince with the Peasants
Chapter 20 The Prince and the Hermit
Chapter 21 Hendon to the Rescue
Chapter 22 A Victim of Treachery
Chapter 23 The Prince a Prisoner
Chapter 31 The Recognition Procession
Chapter 34 Conclusion: Justice and Retribution
Classic Literature: Words and Phrases Adapted from the Collins English Dictionary
CHAPTER 1 The Birth of the Prince and the Pauper
In the ancient city of London, on a certain autumn day in the second quarter of the sixteenth century, a boy was born to a poor family of the name of Canty, who did not want him. On the same day another