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With characteristic humour and colour, Twain brings to life the sixteenth-century royal court, the crowded, boisterous street inhabited by London's hoi polloi, and the behaviour of two young boys who are in many ways smarter than their elders.

I. The Birth of The Prince and the Pauper 23
II. Toms Early Life 27
III. Tom's Meeting with the Prince 37
IV. The Prince's Troubles begin 49
V. Tom as a Patrician 57
VI. Tom receives Instructions 73
VII. Tom's First Royal Dinner 89
VIII. The Question of the Seal 97
IX. The River Pageant 103
X. The Prince in the Toils 109
XI. At Guildhall 123
XII. The Prince and His Deliverer 133
XIII. The Disappearence of the Prince 151
XIV. "Le R oi est mort--Vive le R oi" 161
XV. Tom as King 179
XVI. The State Dinner 195
XVII. Foo-Foo the First 203
XVIII. The Prince with the Tramps 223
XIX. The Prince with the Peasants 237
XX. The Prince and the Hermit 247
XXI. Hendon to the Rescue 259
XXII. A Victim of Treachery 269
XXIII. The Prince a Prisoner 281
XXIV. The Escape 289
XXV. Hendon Hall 295
XXVI. Disowned 309
XXVII. In Prison 317
XXVIII. The Sacrifice 333
XXIX. To London 341
XXX. Tom's Progress 347
XXXI. The Recognition Procession 353
XXXII. Coronation Day 365
XXXIII. Edward as King 385
Conclusion: Justice and Retribution 399
Notes 405

“There is something curious about this joyful novel,” writes Jerry Griswold in his introduction. “Everyone seems to know its story . . . but few seem actually to have read the book.”

This 1881 novel about a poor boy, Tom Canty, who exchanges identities with Edward Tudor, the prince of England, is at once an adventure story, a fantasy of timeless appeal, and an intriguing example of the author's abiding preoccupation with separating the true from the false, the genuine from the impostor. Included is the story "A Boy's Adventure," written as part of the novel but published separately.