{"product_id":"puddnhead-wilson-1","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":"BookDepot","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43730129649725,"sku":"9780553211580","price":4.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/26392443482384_fcccbe97-ffc0-4786-a857-50488eccf3f1.jpg?v=1790599672","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/puddnhead-wilson-1","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}