the Prince and Pauper by Mark Twain, Fiction, Classics, Fantasy & Magic in Bloomington, MN

Tom Canty, the urchin, learns how luxury and power can become the death of a man, while his dopplegänger roams his kingdom, learning first hand of the cruelty of the Tudor monarchy. . . .
"Twain was . . . enough of a genius to build his morality into his books, with humor and wit and -- in the case of
The Prince and the Pauper
-- wonderful plotting."-- E.L. Doctorow