The Prince and the Pauper - Twain, Mark
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Tom Canty is a young beggar from a poor family in Offal Court, London. Tom wishes for a better life, being encouraged in this by Father Andrew, a local priest. One day, while prowling the palace, Tom sees Edward, Prince of Wales, son and heir of King Henry VIII. Blinded by emotion, Tom is nearly caught and beaten by the royal guard trying to get close. However, Eduardo stops them and invites Tom to his room in the palace. There, both boys meet and are fascinated by each other's lives, as well as the fact that they share an incredible resemblance.

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Tom Canty is a young beggar from a poor family in Offal Court, London. Tom wishes for a better life, being encouraged in this by Father Andrew, a local priest. One day, while prowling the palace, Tom sees Edward, Prince of Wales, son and heir of King Henry VIII. Blinded by emotion, Tom is nearly caught and beaten by the royal guard trying to get close. However, Eduardo stops them and invites Tom to his room in the palace. There, both boys meet and are fascinated by each other's lives, as well as the fact that they share an incredible resemblance.
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MARK TWAIN (1835-1910), pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, was an American writer, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer who became one of America's greatest and most popular writers. Twain was born in Florida, Missouri, and grew up in Hannibal, Missouri, the state which influenced much of his writing. Twain acquired fame for his travel stories, The Innocents Abroad (1869), Roughing It (1872), and Life on the Mississippi (1883), and for his boyhood adventure novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884).