The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson

Set in a town on the Mississippi during the pre-Civil War era, Pudd'nhead Wilson centers its plot around a deception of switched identities involving a child born free and a child born slave. It is a novel of biting social commentary and enduring relevance. It is also a melodrama and a murder mystery, and it introduces one of the author's most delightful characters: Pudd'nhead Wilson, and intellectual with a penchant for amateur detection.


Genre: Literary Fiction