The Prince and the Pauper - An Original Classic (Mermaids Classics)

The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain (aka Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 -- 1910) is a children's novel based on two young boys who have an identical appearance but lead completely different lifestyles. One boy is a pauper named Tom Cancy and the other boy is a Prince - named Prince Edward. The story is set in 1547. The Prince and the Pauper was first published in 1881. Mermaids Classics, an imprint of Mermaids Publishing brings the very best of old book classics to a modern era of digital reading by producing high quality books in ebook format.