The Prince and the Pauper (English Edition‪)‬

The Prince and the Pauper is a very dramatic fairy tale. Tom, a poor boy since childhood, likes to fantasize about himself as a prince, and often plays the game of enfeoffment in the palace with his friends. One day, he met the real prince Edward. After winning the sympathy of the latter, he exchanged identities with Edward. From then on, Tom became the prince in the palace, and Edward lived a life of wandering. At the end of the story, the identities of the two were changed back. Because of his kindness, Tom received the asylum of Edward, who had become a king, after he became a commoner again, and he also won the admiration and respect of everyone. The novel takes the Tom’s life experience in the palace and Prince Edward’s wandering life as two clues. As a whole, the novel has the characteristics of the tramp novel that Mark Twain is enthusiastic about. The unique humor of Mark Twain is filled in the narration of respective comic experiences of Tom and Edward.