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1、题冃TheAnalysisofThePrinceandThePauper专业班级学号学生姓名指导教师成绩二O—年十二月LIntroductionRichwithsurpriseandhilariousadventure,ThePrinceandthePauperisadelightfulsatireofEngland’sromanticpastandajoyfulboyhoodrompfilledwiththesametongue-in-cheekironythatsparksthebestofMarkTwain’st
2、alltales.Itwasfirstpublishedin1881inCanadabeforeits1882publicationintheUnitedStates.ThebookrepresentsTwain’sfirstattemptathistoricalfiction.Setin1547,thenoveltellsthestoryoftwoyoungboyswhoareidenticalinappearance:TomCanty,apauperwholiveswithhisabusivefatherinOff
3、alCourtoffPuddingLaneinLondon,andEdwardVIofEngland,sonofHenryVIIIofEngland.MarkTwain(pseudonymofSamuelLanghorneClemens,1835-1910),wasanAmericanwriter,journalistandhumorist,whowonaworldwideaudienceforhisstoriesoftheyouthfuladventuresofTomSawyerandHuckleberryFinn.
4、ClemenswasbornonNovember30,1835inFlorida,Missouri,ofaVirginianfamily.In1864TwainleftforCalifornia,andworkedinSanFranciscoasareporter.HevisitedHawaiiasacorrespondentforTheSacramentoUnion,publishinglettersonhistripandgivinglectures.Hesetoutonaworldtour,travelingin
5、FranceandItaly.Between1876and1884hepublishedseveralmasterpieces,TomSawryer(1881)andThePrinceandThePauper(1881).LifeontheMississippiappearedin1883andHuckleberryFinnin1884.Inthe1890sTwainlostmostofhisearningsinfinancialspeculationsandinthefailureofhisownpublishing
6、firm.TwaintouredNewZealand,Australia,India,andSouthAfrica.HDuringhislongwritingcareer,Twainalsoproducedaconsiderablenumberofessays.ILASummaryoftheBookThePrinceandthePauperattractedmyeyesbecauseofitsfunnyplotanditsimpressedmethodsthateducatedmanypeople.ThePrincea
7、ndthePaupertellsthetaleoftwoboyswhotradeclothinginoneafternoonand,asaresult,theytradelivesatlast.OneistheheirtothethroneofEngland,EdwardTudor.TheotherboyisTomCanty,thesonofabeggarandthief.Coincidentally,TomCantyandEdwardTudorwereborninLondononthesameday.TomCanty
8、isforcedbyhisfathertobeg,andheisbeatenseverelyifhereturnsempty-handed.FatherAndrewprovideshimsomerespitefromthislifebytellinghimtalesaboutthenobility.Oneday,TomandEdw