Please visit https://fashabooks.com/aff/fashabooks/1511 to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson Author: Mark Twain Narrator: Michael Prichard Format: Unabridged Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins Language: English Release date: 10-03-06 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 24 votes Genres: Classics, American Literature Publisher's Summary: A local lawyer, David Wilson, has had a similar experience. On his first day in the village, he made an odd remark about a dog, and the townspeople gave him the condescending name of "Pudd'nhead". Although he was a young, intelligent lawyer, he is unable to live down this name and toils in obscurity for over 20 years. Finally, he is presented with a complex murder trial and is given the chance to prove himself to the townspeople and shake his unjust label. This complex murder mystery is a psychological study that explores how perceptions shape character. Twain combines biting satire with his trademark scenes of farce and levity. Editorial Reviews: Twain's 1894 novel of two nearly identical brothers raised on opposite sides of the race line (one as white, one as black) isn't nearly as strong as his more famous works. The author's political ambitions - critiquing American attitudes on race and class - are too nakedly displayed, and the plot creaks like an old melodrama. But it's still Mark Twain, and that means more wit than half a dozen other authors, delivered in shrewd, folksy language. And it's possible that Michael Prichard's delivery works better than reading it on the printed page. Prichard shifts dialect to match Twain's acute ear for regional differences, and he brings a widely diverse cast of characters vividly to life.