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Those Extraordinary Twins is an American humor classic by Mark Twain. A man who is born with the novel-writing gift has a troublesome time of it when he tries to build a novel. I know this from experience. He has no clear idea of his story; in fact he has no story. He merely... Read Full Overview

"Those Extraordinary Twins" was published as a short story, separate and distinct from its origins inside Twain's "The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson". As Twain explains, he extricated "Twins" from "Pudd'nhead" when he found, as he was writing, that he'd created a farce inside... Read Full Overview

Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894) is a novel by American writer Mark Twain.Its central intrigue revolves around two boys-one, born into slavery, the other, white, born to be the master of the house.The two boys, who look similar, are switched at infancy.Each grows into the other's social... Read Full Overview

Those Extraordinary Twins is a novel written by Mark Twain that tells the story of two conjoined twins, Angelo and Luigi, who are joined at the hip and share a single set of legs. The twins are born into a circus family and are initially exploited for their unique physical condition... Read Full Overview

Those Extraordinary Twins is a novel written by Mark Twain. The story revolves around two conjoined twins, Angelo and Luigi, who are joined at the hip. The twins are very different from each other in terms of personality and interests. Angelo is intelligent, witty, and has a... Read Full Overview

Twain originally envisioned the characters of Luigi and Angelo Twain originally envisioned the characters of Luigi and Angelo Capello as conjoined twins, modeled after the late-19th century Italian conjoined twins Giovanni and Giacomo Tocci. He planned for them to be the central... Read Full Overview

Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894) is a novel by American writer Mark Twain.Its central intrigue revolves around two boys-one, born into slavery, the other, white, born to be the master of the house.The two boys, who look similar, are switched at infancy.Each grows into the other's social... Read Full Overview

Those Extraordinary Twins is a novel written by Mark Twain. The story is about two conjoined twins, Angelo and Luigi, who are joined at the waist. Despite their physical condition, they have unique abilities and personalities. Angelo is intelligent, eloquent, and ambitious, while... Read Full Overview

ABOUT THOSE EXTRAORDINARY TWINSFeaturing the brilliantly drawn Roxanna, a mulatto slave who suffers dire consequences after switching her infant son with her master's baby, and the clever Pudd'nhead Wilson, an ostracized small-town lawyer, Twain's darkly comic masterpiece is... Read Full Overview

Those Extraordinary Twins is a novel written by the renowned American author Mark Twain. The story follows the lives of two conjoined twins, Luigi and Angelo, who are born in a small town in Italy. The twins are joined at the hip and have completely opposite personalities. While... Read Full Overview

An amusing tale in which conjoined twins have two very different personalities.

Featuring the brilliantly drawn Roxanna, a mulatto slave who suffers dire consequences after switching her infant son with her master's baby, and the clever Pudd'nhead Wilson, an ostracized small-town lawyer, Twain's darkly comic masterpiece is a provocative exploration of slavery... Read Full Overview

A man who is not born with the novel-writing gift has a troublesome time of it when he tries to build a novel. I know this from experience. He has no clear idea of his story; in fact he has no story. He merely has some people in his mind, and an incident or two, also a locality... Read Full Overview

A man who is born with the novel-writing gift has a troublesome time of it when he tries to build a novel. I know this from experience. He has no clear idea of his story; in fact he has no story. He merely has some people in his mind, and an incident or two, also a locality... Read Full Overview

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