{"product_id":"puddnhead-wilson","title":"Pudd'nhead Wilson","description":"At the beginning of \u003ci\u003ePudd'nhead Wilson\u003c\/i\u003e a young slave woman, fearing for her infant's son's life, exchanges her light-skinned child with her master's.  From this rather simple premise Mark Twain fashioned one of his most entertaining, funny, yet biting novels.  On its surface, \u003ci\u003ePudd'nhead Wilson\u003c\/i\u003e possesses all the elements of an engrossing nineteenth-century mystery:  reversed identities, a horrible crime, an eccentric detective, a suspenseful courtroom drama, and a surprising, unusual solution.  Yet it is not a mystery novel.  Seething with the undercurrents of antebellum southern culture, the book is a savage indictment in which the real criminal is society, and racial prejudice and slavery are the crimes.  Written in 1894, \u003ci\u003ePudd'nhead Wilson\u003c\/i\u003e glistens with characteristic Twain humor, with suspense, and with pointed irony:  a gem among the author's later works.","brand":"OUATB","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48131053551871,"sku":"*R0050542*","price":2.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0487\/5550\/7364\/files\/26392443482384.jpg?v=1770015326","url":"https:\/\/shop.onceuponatimebooks.com\/products\/puddnhead-wilson","provider":"Once Upon a Time Books AR","version":"1.0","type":"link"}