5/22/2023 0 Comments Twain prince and the pauper![]() ![]() ![]() And not only do the two boys share the same birthday, but grow up to be doppelgangers. The second is Edward Tudor, son of Henry VIII. The first is a little beggar named Tom Canty who lives in a slum on Offal Lane. ![]() ![]() The other is longed for with bated breath by the whole country. One isn't wanted at all, since he's an extra mouth to feed. Two babies are born on the same day in Medieval London. The Prince, dressed in rags, wanders about the city's boisterous neighborhoods among the lower classes and endures a series of hardships meanwhile, poor Tom, now living with the royals, is constantly filled with the dread of being discovered for who and what he really is. During a chance encounter, the two realize they are identical and, as a lark, decide to exchange clothes and roles-a situation that briefly, but drastically, alters the lives of both youngsters. This treasured historical satire, played out in two very different socioeconomic worlds of 16th-century England, centers around the lives of two boys born in London on the same day: Edward, Prince of Wales and Tom Canty, a street beggar. ![]()
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