柯林斯经典文学：王子与贫儿 Collins Classics: The Prince And The Pauper

基本信息

Series:Collins Classics

Format:Paperback / softback 272 pages

Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers

Imprint:William Collins

ISBN:9780007420063

Published:1 Jan 2011

Weight:146g

Dimensions:177 x 112 x 18 (mm)

信息仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

《王子与贫儿》描写王子爱德华和贫儿汤姆在一个阴差阳错的偶然机会下，互相换了位置，王子变成了贫儿，贫儿成了王子。贫儿因穿着王子的衣服可以在王宫里尽享荣华富贵，还当上了英国的新国王。而真正的王子却在外四处流浪，不得不忍受贫穷和乞丐们的欺凌嘲讽。在好人亨顿的帮助下，爱德华王子经过了重重劫难，改掉了自己的坏习惯，回到了王宫。而贫儿汤姆在良心的谴责下，将不属于自己的王位还给了真正的王子。此后，爱德华成了一位仁慈的君主，和他的子民一起过着幸福的生活。故事的想像极其丰富、语言幽默风趣，在带给儿童快乐的同时，还能极大地激发儿童的想象力和对纯洁、善良、美好事物的向往。

'When I am king, they shall not have bread and shelter only, but also teachings out of books; for a full belly is little worth where the mind is starved, and the heart.'

Set in 16th-Century England and following the lives of two young boys, The Prince and the Pauper is a classic and timeless tale. Tom Canty, the lowly pauper is almost identical in appearance to Edward Tudor, a prince. Unbeknownst to those around them, the boys strike up an unlikely friendship and soon realise that with their similar looks they could easily pass for one another.

When the Prince's father dies, some of the more underhand court officials persuade the pauper to act as the Prince in order to reap the benefits of the 'mistake' and there follows a tale of friendship and growing up in one of Mark Twain's most infamous works.

作者简介

马克·吐温（Mark Twain,1835－1910），原名萨缪尔·兰亨·克莱门 （Samuel Langhorne Clemens)是美国的幽默大师、小说家、作家，也是知名演说家，19世纪后期美国现实主义文学的杰出代表。威廉·福克纳称马克·吐温为“一位真正的美国作家，我们都是继承他而来”。

“马克·吐温”是其常使用的笔名，一般认为这个笔名是源自早年水手术语，马克·吐温的意思是“水深12英尺”。萨缪尔曾当过领航员，与伙伴测量水深时，他的伙伴叫道“Mark Twain !”，这是轮船安全航行的必要条件。

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 - April 21, 1910), better known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. Twain is most noted for his novels the ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN, which has since been called the Great American Novel, and the ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER. Twain enjoyed immense public popularity, and his keen wit and incisive satire earned him praise from both critics and peers. American author William Faulkner called Twain 'the father of American literature'.