THEPRINCEANDTHEPAUPER
byMarkTwainIwillsetdownataleasitwastoldtomebyonewhohaditofhisfather,whichlatterhaditofHISfather,thislasthavinginlikemannerhaditofHISfather—andsoon,backandstillback,threehundredyearsandmore,thefatherstransmittingittothesonsandsopreservingit.Itmaybehistory,itmaybeonlyalegend,atradition.Itmayhavehappened,itmaynothavehappened:butitCOULDhavehappened.Itmaybethatthewiseandthelearnedbelieveditintheolddays;itmaybethatonlytheunlearnedandthesimpleloveditandcreditedit.I.II.III.IV.V.VI.VII.VIII.IX.X.XI.XII.XIII.
CONTENTSThebirthofthePrinceandthePauper.Tom’searlylife.Tom’smeetingwiththePrince.ThePrince’stroublesbegin.Tomasapatrician.Tomreceivesinstructions.Tom’sfirstroyaldinner.ThequestionoftheSeal.Theriverpageant.ThePrinceinthetoils.AtGuildhall.ThePrinceandhisdeliverer.ThedisappearanceofthePrince.XIV.XV.XVI.XVII.XVIII.XIX.XX.XXI.XXII.XXIII.XXIV.XXV.XXVI.XXVII.XXVIII.XXIX.XXX.XXXI.XXXII.XXXIII.
‘LeRoiestmort’—viveleRoi.‘TomasKing.Thestatedinner.Foo-footheFirst.ThePrincewiththetramps.ThePrincewiththepeasants.ThePrinceandthehermit.Hendontotherescue.Avictimoftreachery.ThePrinceaprisoner.Theescape.HendonHall.Disowned.Inprison.Thesacrifice.ToLondon.Tom’sprogress.TheRecognitionprocession.CoronationDay.EdwardasKing.CONCLUSION.JusticeandRetribution.Notes.ILLUSTRATIONSTHEGREATSEAL(frontispiece)THEBIRTHOFTHEPRINCEANDTHEPAUPER\PAGEANTSANDGREATBONFIRES\TOM’SEARLYLIFEOFFALCOURT\ANYMISERABLECRUST\\OFTENREADTHEPRIEST’SBOOKS\\POORANNEASKEWBURNED\\THEIRPERPLEXITIESTOTOM\
【国外名著系列】王子与贫民窟
