Pudd’nhead Wilson

Pudd’nhead Wilson by Mark Twain is a novel set in a frontier town on the banks of the Mississippi River. It follows the story of David Wilson, an eccentric lawyer dubbed Puddn’head by locals along with a slave named Roxy and her son. The tale is a compelling drama that takes on racial prejudice.


Pudd’nhead Wilson is one of the classic Twain works along with The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Innocents Abroad, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, and Life on the Mississippi.