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  • The Prince and the Pauper

  • By: Mark Twain
  • Narrated by: Lee Howard
  • Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (9 ratings)

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The Prince and the Pauper

By: Mark Twain
Narrated by: Lee Howard
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Summary

This treasured historical satire, played out in two very different socioeconomic worlds of 16th-century England, centers around the lives of two boys born in London on the same day: Edward, Prince of Wales and Tom Canty, a street beggar. During a chance encounter, the two realize they are identical and, as a lark, decide to exchange clothes and roles--a situation that briefly, but drastically, alters the lives of both youngsters. The Prince, dressed in rags, wanders about the city's boisterous neighborhoods among the lower classes and endures a series of hardships; meanwhile, poor Tom, now living with the royals, is constantly filled with the dread of being discovered for who and what he really is.
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Classics Royalty England Wales Witty
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fantastic story, well read

Great story, the reading is by an American so he mispronounced some words, but not many, and not enough to be annoying

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