Ready Reference Treatise: Pudd'nhead Wilson

“Pudd’nhead Wilson” by Mark Twain was first published in 1894. This novel had been initially published in the form of a series in The Century Magazine between 1893 and 1894.

It was the time the Reconstruction had totally failed in the United States. Reconstruction was the process of reintegrating the Confederate States into the United States, and attempting to place the freed slaves in the American society. During such times, “Pudd’nhead Wilson” was written.

In those days, Ku Klux Klan and the Jim Crow laws characterized the relations between the white and blacks, rare relations. By that time, Mark Twain had stopped living in the South. However, he kept writing about the South.

Ready Reference Treatise: Pudd'nhead Wilson
Copyright
Chapter One: Introduction
Chapter Two: Plot Overview
Chapter Three: Characters
Chapter Four: Complete Summary
Chapter Five: Critical Analysis