Clemens traveled around the American West, working as a miner and gathering inspiration for his fiction. When the Civil War broke out in 1861, Clemens briefly joined the Confederacy but quickly changed his mind and moved to Nevada to work for his other brother. As much as he loved writing, Clemens dreamed of being a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River and successfully earned his license with the help of another pilot named Horace E. The articles were a success, and Clemens went on to write for major publications in Philadelphia, St. Clemens left school after the fifth grade to work as a typesetter and it was at this time that he began submitting articles and sketches to the newspapers.
Tragedy struck in 1847 when John Clemens died, leaving Jane and their children to struggle to make enough money. Clemens loved his home near the Mississippi River-later, his childhood in Hannibal would be the inspiration for The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The Clemens family moved from Florida, Missouri to Hannibal, Missouri when Clemens was four years old. Unfortunately, only three of Clemens’s siblings survived to adulthood.
The Prince, dressed in rags, wanders about the city's boisterous neighborhoods among the lower classes and endures a series of hardships poor Tom, now living with the royals, is constantly filled with the dread of being discovered for who and what he really is.īrimming with gentle humor and discerning social scrutiny, this timeless tale of transposed identities remains one of Twain's most popular and best-loved novels.Samuel Clemens was the sixth of seven children born to Jane and John Marshall Clemens. During a chance encounter, the two realize they are identical and, as a lark, decide to exchange clothes and roles - a situation that briefly, but drastically, alters the lives of both youngsters. The Prince and the Pauper is a treasured historical satire, played out in two very different socioeconomic worlds of 16th-century England, centers around the lives of two boys born in London on the same day: Edward, Prince of Wales, and Tom Canty, a street beggar. In near fine condition with only light shelfwear. Octavo, original publisher’s green pictorial cloth. 362 “reigned.” Franklin Press imprint on verso of title page.
Osgood and Company: New York, 1882.įirst edition, first issue with uncorrected text p.
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