puddnhead_my_librivox Mark Twain audio librivoxaudio audio_bookspoetry <a href="http://librivox.org">LibriVox</a> recording of the Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain. Read by Michael Yard. In one of his later novels, the master storyteller spins a tale of two children switched at infancy. A slave takes on the identity of master and heir while the rightful heir is condemned to live the life of a slave. Twain uses this vehicle to explore themes of nature vs. nurture, racial bigotry and moral relativism. The case of mistaken identity is a theme that Twain explored also in THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER; in THE TRAGEDY OF PUDD'NHEAD WILSON he turns the theme into a well-crafted detective story. It is unfortunate that this is one of Twain's lesser known works as it is one of his most enjoyable reads. 2008-01-03 2008 librivox; audiobook; twain; fiction; mystery; detective; mistaken identity http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/ 2008-01-04 03:52:16 2008-01-02 01:12:05 info@librivox.org librivoxbooks librivoxbooks librivoxbooks 2008-01-04 03:53:25 2008-01-04 22:47:59 2008-01-05 01:57:15 2008-01-05 15:40:15 librivoxbooks