Mark Twain
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The Prince and the Pauper begins with Tom Canty, an impoverished boy living with his abusive family in London. One day Tom Canty and Edward VI of England Prince Edward, the son of King Henry VIII and Jane Seymour meet and as a jest, switch clothes. While dressed in the pauper's rags, the Prince leaves the palace to punish the guard who knocked Tom down. However, the boys look remarkably alike and because they switch clothes, the palace guards
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The most prominent features of Mark Twain's works are his humor and satire. He pioneered the colloquialism of American novels with his fresh and humorous writing style and unadorned language. He made outstanding contributions to the development of American literature through his language styles in realistic novels and also had a profound impact on later writers.