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Prince and the Pauper (version 2)

Prince and the Pauper (version 2)

by Mark Twain

Adventure

About this book

One day a poor boy, Tom, gets a little too near the gates of the palace. and the guards start to beat him. However the prince himself intervenes and invites Tom into the palace. They talk about their differences in life and how very similar they both are to one another in appearance. They decide to trade clothes for a few minutes to see what it is like. Still in Tom's clothes, the Prince, Edward, leaves the room for a few minutes, and the guards mistake him for the pauper, throwing him out of the palace!

Tom decides to try and act like the prince, not knowing what has happened to him. Everyone thinks the prince is ill, causing him to forget things, while the real prince struggles to survive in the streets of his own kingdom. This story is about all the adventures both have in the process. --Summary by Fiddlesticks

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  1. 1The birth of the Prince and the Pauper.2:33 · read by Elijah Fisher
  2. 2Tom's early life.10:31 · read by Deon Gines
  3. 3Tom's meeting with the Prince.13:31 · read by MaryAnne
  4. 4The Prince's troubles begin.9:46 · read by AlvinJPrice
  5. 5Tom as a patrician.15:50 · read by Wiebke
  6. 6Tom receives instructions.16:16 · read by Wiebke
  7. 7Tom's first royal dinner.10:46 · read by Elijah Fisher
  8. 8The question of the Seal.6:50 · read by Cunmolly
  9. 9The river pageant.7:46 · read by Cunmolly
  10. 10The Prince in the toils.25:01 · read by Cunmolly
  11. 11At Guildhall.12:53 · read by Cunmolly
  12. 12The Prince and his deliverer.28:59 · read by Cunmolly
  13. 13The disappearance of the Prince.10:48 · read by Cunmolly
  14. 14'Le Roi est mort--vive le Roi.'22:51 · read by Dory
  15. 15Tom as King.22:15 · read by Dory
  16. 16The state dinner.5:47 · read by Denise Nordell
  17. 17Foo-foo the First.18:27 · read by Denise Nordell
  18. 18The Prince with the tramps.18:54 · read by Roohi
  19. 19The Prince with the peasants.13:05 · read by Roohi
  20. 20The Prince and the hermit.16:24 · read by Roohi
  21. 21Hendon to the rescue.9:26 · read by Dory
  22. 22A victim of treachery.12:16 · read by Dory
  23. 23The Prince a prisoner.6:41 · read by Katy Caselli
  24. 24The escape.6:12 · read by Katy Caselli
  25. 25Hendon Hall.14:49 · read by Dory
  26. 26Disowned.9:05 · read by Dory
  27. 27In prison.20:51 · read by Deon Gines
  28. 28The sacrifice.8:22 · read by Deon Gines
  29. 29To London.4:43 · read by MaryAnne
  30. 30Tom's progress.5:34 · read by MaryAnne
  31. 31The Recognition procession.12:57 · read by MaryAnne
  32. 32Coronation Day.31:38 · read by Nancee Cline
  33. 33Edward as King.21:19 · read by Nancee Cline
  34. 34CONCLUSION. Justice and Retribution.7:59 · read by Nancee Cline

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