Set in 16th-Century England and following the lives of two young boys, The Prince and the Pauper is a classic and timeless tale. Tom Canty, the lowly pauper is almost identical in appearance to Edward Tudor, a prince. Unbeknownst to those around them, the boys strike up an unlikely friendship and soon realise that with their similar looks they could easily pass for one another. When the Prince’s father dies, some of the more underhand court officials persuade the pauper to act as the Prince in order to reap the benefits of the ‘mistake’ and there follows a tale of friendship and growing up in one of Mark Twain’s most infamous works.
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Egy nyugtalan képzeletű koldusfiúcska a XVI. századi London nyomortanyáin könyveket olvas, és királyokról álmodik… Érdeklődése egy napon egészen a királyi palotáig sodorja, és egyszerre csak bent van a pompás termekben, s a vele egyidős királyfi játékból ruhacserét ajánl, csak egy-két pillanatra. Nos, ez a játék, különféle félreértések miatt, valóságra fordul! A koldusfiú hónapokon át élheti a királyfiú fenséges, de cseppet sem irigylésre méltó életét, a királyfiú pedig szörnyű megaláztatások és szenvedések közt kénytelen ismereteket, emberséget és bölcsességet gyűjteni eljövendő országlása idejére.
Excerpt from the book:
„The birth of the Prince and the Pauper
In the ancient city of London, on a certain autumn day in the second quarter of the sixteenth century, a boy was born to a poor family of the name of Canty, who did not want him. On the same day another English child was born to a rich family of the name of Tudor, who did want him. All England wanted him too. England had so longed for him, and hoped for him, and prayed God for him, that, now that he was really come, the people went nearly mad for joy. Mere acquaintances hugged and kissed each other and cried. Everybody took a holiday, and high and low, rich and poor, feasted and danced and sang, and got very mellow; and they kept this up for days and nights together.
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