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Summary: A good "grown-up" book.
Review: I just finished reading this book the other day, and found it very enjoyable. However, I would not reccomend it for children because of the wording and depth with which it is written. Perhaps children who lived a century ago would have a better grasp of the vocabulary and writing stlye, but an average grade school student of the 90's would find it a chalange. To anyone else, I would say read it! It is well written and holds your interest until the very end. I could hardly put it down. If you would like to share the adventure with your children, I would further recommend the Disney version of this story (with Micky Mouse).
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Summary: "The Prince and the Pauper" was a great book!
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed reading this great classic. It was very interesting and had me hooked onto it through the whole story. This story is about how the beggar named Tom Candy and Prince Edward meet and discover that they were both completely identical, except for their clothes. They switch their clothes and change places. Then, each of the two boys have to live through a terrible life of each other. The Prince is beaten, called names, starved, and has to live the life of a beggar. Tom or the Pauper has to go through laws, diplomacy, languages, and royalty. Both of them are considered mad as they try to tell the truth to everyone. Suddenly, the little tiny thing of switching places turns out to be a humongous problem as Prince Edward's father, Henry VIII dies. Tom, who is thought as the Prince, is naturally supposed to be the next king. Both boys has to find each other or else the Pauper would become the wrong king of the nation.This book is very interestingly written. I started reading this once, but I had a better book(or I thought it was a better book) to read so I stopped. Then, I decided to just finish reading "The Prince and the Pauper" and thought that it was just a great and interesting book! I think that this is a great book to read because it's quite witty, interesting, great, and very well written.
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Summary: The Prince and the Pauper
Review: I would have to say the theme would be that things aren't always as they seem; neither are people. Be loving and kind to all, not just the worthy, but the unworthy too; not just the rich, but the poor also. Try to understand what everyone goes through and look at all perspectives. All have different situations, some more unusal than the next, but no matter the person, we all have struggles. I liked this story. It was interesting and had wonderful descriptions of everything-especially in the royal court. It sounded SO beautiful. On the other hand, some of the dialogue was hard to understand because of the old language. (Lots of ye's and thou's, that sort of stuff) At times, it got a little boring, but in all, it was a good book. written by:kelly spitler, 5th period english due:9/29
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Summary: VERY boring book
Review: If you like headaches and boredom, read this book. The english is hard to understand, and it is very dull.
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Summary: The Prince and the Pauper
Review: In the book "The Prince and the Pauper" I loved how descriptive Twain gets. He has so much detail and it just feels like you are there. It was so interesting how he described he described Tom in Edwards clothing. The only thing I really didn't like is when they talked I couldn't really follow what they were saying, but over all I really liked this book.
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Summary: Adventure about changing two boys' positions
Review: In the Prince and the Pauper, there were two main characters, the Prince Edward and the pauper Tom. These two boys looked very similar and also they were the same age. There was one difference, Edward was born into a Royal family but Tom was born into a poor family. When Tom walked by the palace, the palace guards took him off the palace grounds. At that time, Edward saw the situation and made the guards stop. The Prince, Edward, invited Tom into the palace and gave him some good foods. Edward wanted to change his life style. Tom??s life looked good because he always had stress from his palace people and he could not get freedom. Edward and Tom switched their clothes in the palace after Edward heard about Tom??s life and family. So, Edward became a poor guy and Tom became a prince.
This novel compared two different life styles, which were the life of a prince and the life of a pauper. With changing their positions, the two boys learned how to fit into the two different lives. In the novel, Edward became a poor guy, so he had a really hard life with Tom??s name. When he tried to return to his position as a prince, nobody believed him, so he had to conquer the hard life, but he met good friends during the line trial. Tom also had a hard time becoming a prince. At first, he liked the rich life and was happy. Most of the story was about Edward and Tom??s changing life styles. Mark Twain compared the two lives and told us that nobody could change their own life on purpose because people were given their birthright before they were born. Although there is a lot of old English, this book, the Prince and the Pauper, is fun to read and all ages enjoy it. This is a good book, but it can be difficult for people whose second language is English because there is a lot of old English, so they cannot understand well. I think this novel is valuable to read because we can learn not to be disappointed in our life. We should be satisfied with our own life. I also think that if someone does not life to read books, this book is a good to start reading. Maybe, he or she is going to be interested in books.
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Summary: Adventure about changing two boys' positions
Review: In the Prince and the Pauper, there were two main characters, the Prince Edward and the pauper Tom. These two boys looked very similar and also they were the same age. There was one difference, Edward was born into a Royal family but Tom was born into a poor family. When Tom walked by the palace, the palace guards took him off the palace grounds. At that time, Edward saw the situation and made the guards stop. The Prince, Edward, invited Tom into the palace and gave him some good foods. Edward wanted to change his life style. Tom¡¯s life looked good because he always had stress from his palace people and he could not get freedom. Edward and Tom switched their clothes in the palace after Edward heard about Tom¡¯s life and family. So, Edward became a poor guy and Tom became a prince.
This novel compared two different life styles, which were the life of a prince and the life of a pauper. With changing their positions, the two boys learned how to fit into the two different lives. In the novel, Edward became a poor guy, so he had a really hard life with Tom¡¯s name. When he tried to return to his position as a prince, nobody believed him, so he had to conquer the hard life, but he met good friends during the line trial. Tom also had a hard time becoming a prince. At first, he liked the rich life and was happy. Most of the story was about Edward and Tom¡¯s changing life styles. Mark Twain compared the two lives and told us that nobody could change their own life on purpose because people were given their birthright before they were born. Although there is a lot of old English, this book, the Prince and the Pauper, is fun to read and all ages enjoy it. This is a good book, but it can be difficult for people whose second language is English because there is a lot of old English, so they cannot understand well. I think this novel is valuable to read because we can learn not to be disappointed in our life. We should be satisfied with our own life. I also think that if someone does not life to read books, this book is a good to start reading. Maybe, he or she is going to be interested in books.
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Summary: One of the best of the best.
Review: Mark Twain is arguably the best storyteller in American history, and this story is one of his most endearing tales. Unlike "Tom Sawyer" and "Huckleberry Finn", it has no claim on the title of "THE great All-American Novel", because it is not set in America, or even at a time in which America existed as an entity; at the time of this novel's setting, the American colonies were only beginning to be settled. It is, however, both one of the most moving of Twain's novels, and one of the most enjoyable. Given the quality of some books that I have rated at five stars in the past, I'd have to say that if it were allowed, this book would be rated at seven stars out of five. There are few books that I enjoy rereading more than this one.
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Summary: Every Child's Fantasy
Review: Mark Twain is one of America's best authors. Unlike books like Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, which chronicle life in 1800s America, The Prince and the Pauper is set in England in the 1500s. But The Prince and the Pauper is like those two other classics in one way--the story is a true boys' adventure story that captures amazingly accurately how kids would act if the story actually happened.
The Prince and the Pauper tells the story of poor London child Tom Canty who always pretended that he was a prince. One day, he goes to the palace and meets the crown prince Edward Tutor. It turns out that the two look exactly alike. On a whim, the two boys change clothes. Of course, this leads to disaster. Prince Edward is immediately cast out of the palace by a guard, and Tom Canty is mistaken for the prince. Neither knows how to act, both are afraid, and the people around both think they are mad.
As one might expect, Tom Canty gets on better than Edward. He lives every child's fantasy of suddenly becoming rich and adored. Edward has more trouble. He cannot believe that people do not recognize him for the prince. He has to rely on a kind stranger who takes him in despite his apparent madness. However, he learns self-reliance and the meaning of true justice while living among his subjects.
Both the prince and the pauper wind up better for the adventure that they had, and as in a good adventure book, both live happily once their difficulties have been resolved.
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Summary: The Literary Offenses of Mark Twain
Review: Mark Twain was a great author... but this book is an exception to the rule. This was probably the most boring book I've ever read. Twain just goes on and on about, stupid, pointless, boring things. I do not recomend this book.
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