{"product_id":"the-prince-and-the-pauper-barnes-noble-classics","title":"The Prince and the Pauper","description":"\u003cp\u003eIntroduction and Notes by Robert Tine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Mark Twain's \u003cem\u003eThe Prince and the Pauper\u003c\/em\u003e was published in 1881, the \u003cem\u003eAtlanta Constitution\u003c\/em\u003e sang its praises in no uncertain terms: \"The book comes upon the reading public in the shape of a revelation.\" A timeless tale of switched identities, Twain's story revolves around the miserably poor Tom Canty \"of Offal Court,\" who is lucky enough to trade his rags for the gilded robes of England's prince, Edward Tudor. As each boy is mistaken for the other, Tom enters a realm of privilege and pleasure beyond his most delirious dreams, while Edward plunges into a cruel, dangerous world of beggars and thieves, cutthroats and killers. Befriended by the heroic Miles Hendon, Edward struggles to survive on the squalid streets of London, in the process of learning about the underside of life in \"Merry England.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith its mixing of high adventure, raucous comedy, and scathing social criticism, presented in a hilarious faux-sixteenth-century vernacular that only Mark Twain could fashion, \u003cem\u003eThe Prince and the Pauper\u003c\/em\u003e remains one of this incomparable humorist's most popular and oft-dramatized tales.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Skull \u0026 Books VR","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51513582125349,"sku":"9781593082185","price":6.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0917\/7245\/3157\/files\/9781593082185.jpg?v=1762295160","url":"https:\/\/www.skullandbooksvr.com\/products\/the-prince-and-the-pauper-barnes-noble-classics","provider":"Skull \u0026 Books VR","version":"1.0","type":"link"}