The Prince and the Pauper - Abridged Author:Mark Twain "LET ME IN -- I AM YOUR PRINCE!" — But the palace guard shoves the ragged boy into the mud. Look-alikes Tom Canty and the Prince of Wales have traded clothes for a joke. Now the joke turns out to be not so funny: the Prince not only loses his crown -- HE ALMOST LOSES HIS LIFE! — Most of Mark Twain's novels tell of life on the Mississippi, but TH... more »E PRINCE AND THE PAUPER takes place in 16th century England. Twain studied old London until he knew it almost as well as his own birthplace, Hannibal, Missouri. As a result, the setting and characters seem just as real as if they lived today.« less