The Prince and the Pauper: Mandarin Companion Graded Readers Level 1, Simplified Character Edition

by Mark Twain, John Pasden (Editor), Gen Ye (Editor)

Overview

During a chance encounter, two nearly identical boys, one a poor beggar and the other a prince, decide to exchange places. The pauper, now living in the royal palace, is constantly filled with the dread of being discovered for who and what he really is while the Prince, dressed in rags, lives on the street enduring hardships he never thought possible. Both children soon discover that neither life is as carefree as they expected.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781941875223
Publisher:	Mind Spark Press LLC
Publication date:	04/01/2017
Series:	Mandarin Companion
Pages:	122
Sales rank:	520,971
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.28(d)
Language:	Chinese

About the Author

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), best known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an author and humorist noted for the novels The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (which has been called "The Great American Novel") and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, among many other books. Twain was raised in Hannibal, Missouri, which later provided the setting for Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, and he spent time as a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River before finding fame as a writer.

Date of Birth:

November 30, 1835

Date of Death:

April 21, 1910

Place of Birth:

Florida, Missouri

Place of Death:

Redding, Connecticut