The Prince and the Pauper is a novel by American author Mark Twain.

It was first published in 1881 in Canada, before its 1882 publication in the United States.

The novel represents Twain's first attempt at historical fiction.

Set in 1537, it tells the story of two young boys who are identical in appearance: Tom Canty, a pauper who lives with his abusive father in Offal Court off Pudding Lane in London, and Prince Edward, son of King Henry VIII.

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The Prince and the Pauper

A stranger is offended when passing through the town, overly proud of an incorruptible reputation. He vows revenge using letters that promise a fortune to trap the most sanctimonious residents.

L'Homme qui corrompit Hadleyburg

A nineteenth-century boy from a Mississippi River town recounts his adventures as he travels down the river with a runaway slave, encountering a family involved in a feud, two scoundrels pretending to be royalty, and Tom Sawyer's aunt who mistakes him for Tom.

Aventures de Huckleberry Finn

Du Nevada à la Californie, de Saint-Louis à San Francisco, À la dure raconte sept années d'aventures burlesques et tumultueuses d'un pied-tendre absolument maladroit, le genre à déclencher un vaste incendie tandis qu'il se prépare juste à dîner au bord d'un lac, ou à être pris dans une tempête de neige et se préparer à y mourir alors qu'il se trouve à quelques mètres d'un refuge. Ode comique à la nature sauvage, livre effervescent, à la fois débridé et d'une maîtrise narrative absolue, voici le Far West du père du roman américain, Mark Twain, le maître de Hemingway et Faulkner, Dos Passos et Steinbeck !

A la dure

"Il a encore fait l'école buissonnière ? Mais c'est un chenapan, un vaurien, ce Tom Sawyer ! Il veut donc faire le malheur de sa pauvre tante Polly !"Et pourtant, tante Polly préfére secrètement Tom à son jeune frère, l'irréprochable Sid. Et qui, d'ailleurs, pourrait s'empècher d'aimer ce jeune garçon aussi effronté que courageux ?Dans quelles entreprises ne se lance-t-il pas avec ses deux amis Huck et Joe, transformés suivant l'humeur du moment en Indiens ou en pirate ? Mais les expéditions nocturnes peuvent être dangereuses. De jeunes enfants surprennent parfois d'étranges secrets aux abords des maisons hantées, ou dans le silence des grottes souterraines ...

Les Aventures de Tom Sawyer

In The Innocents Abroad, acclaimed American novelist and humorist Mark Twain documents his impressions of Europe, the Holy Land, and his fellow travellers during his "Great Pleasure Excursion" aboard the ship Quaker City in 1867. Although Mark Twain is best-known in modern times for his literary classics The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, during his lifetime Twain was better known for his travel-writing, of which The Innocents Abroad was his best-selling. HarperTorch brings great works of non-fiction and the dramatic arts to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperTorch collection to build your digital library.

The Innocents Abroad

Sur le bateau qui descend le Mississipi, Tom Sawyer et son ami Huck Finn font la connaissance d'un étrange individu qui passe ses journées cloîtré dans sa cabine... et refuse de se déchausser ! Les deux héros mènent l'enquête.

Tom Sawyer détective (Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn, #4)

L'auteur des Aventures de Tom Sawyer reprend la controverse autour de la paternité des pièces de Shakespeare. Le véritable auteur en serait l'érudit Francis Bacon (1561-1626). Son principal argument repose sur les connaissances juridiques de Shakespeare : comment un jeune homme d'origine modeste, contraint de quitter l'école dès l'âge de 14 ans, a-t-il pu se forger une connaissance approfondie du droit, de ses procédures et de son langage technique ?

Et comment un auteur de pièces populaires dès son vivant a-t-il pu mourir de façon quasi anonyme dans son village d'origine, Stratford-upon-Avon ? Au-delà de la controverse, Shakespeare or not Shakespare est un véritable exercice de style : Mark Twain mêle habilement humour et polémique dans la continuité de la tradition satirique. Il s'amuse à rendre ridicules les admirateurs de Shakespeare, surnommés les « Stratfordolâtres », incapables de recul critique envers leur idole.

Cet essai de Mark Twain n'avait encore jamais été traduit en langue française. Auteur de Henry David Thoreau, Le Célibataire de la nature (Fayard), Thierry Gillyboeuf est le traducteur du Journal d'Henry David Thoreau (Finitude), ainsi que de livres de Rudyard Kipling et Herman Melville.

Shakespeare or not Shakespeare

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer revolves around the youthful adventures of the novel's schoolboy protagonist, Thomas Sawyer, whose reputation precedes him for causing mischief and strife. Tom lives with his Aunt Polly, half-brother Sid, and cousin Mary in the quaint town of St. Petersburg, just off the shore of the Mississippi River. St. Petersburg is described as a typical small-town atmosphere where the Christian faith is predominant, the social network is close-knit, and familiarity resides.  Unlike his brother Sid, Tom receives "lickings" from his Aunt Polly; ever the mischief-maker, would rather play hooky than attend school and often sneaks out his bedroom window at night to adventure with his friend, Huckleberry Finn ­ the town's social outcast. Tom, despite his dread of schooling, is extremely clever and would normally get away with his pranks if Sid were not such a "tattle-tale."  As punishment for skipping school to go swimming, Aunt Polly assigns Tom the chore of whitewashing the fence surrounding the house. In a brilliant scheme, Tom is able to con the neighborhood boys into completing the chore for him, managing to convince them of the joys of whitewashing. At school, Tom is equally as flamboyant, and attracts attention by chasing other boys, yelling, and running around. With his usual antics, Tom attempts to catch the eye of Becky Thatcher, a new girl in town, and persuades her to get "engaged" by kissing him. But their romance collapses when she learns Tom has been "engaged" previously to Amy Lawrence. Shortly after Becky shuns him, he accompanies Huckleberry Finn to the graveyard at night, where they witness the murder of Dr. Robinson.Excerpt:"TOM!" No answer. "TOM!" No answer. "What's gone with that boy,  I wonder? You TOM!" No answer. The old lady pulled her spectacles down and looked over them about the room; then she put them up and looked out under them. She seldom or never looked through them for so small a thing as a boy; they were her state pair, the pride of her heart, and were built for "style," not service—she could have seen through a pair of stove-lids just as well. She looked perplexed for a moment, and then said, not fiercely, but still loud enough for the furniture to hear: "Well, I lay if I get hold of you I'll—" She did not finish, for by this time she was bending down and punching under the bed with the broom, and so she needed breath to punctuate the punches with. She resurrected nothing but the cat. "I never did see the beat of that boy!"

The Prince and the Pauper

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