Pudd'nhead Wilson is a novel by American writer Mark Twain.
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12 Facts About Pudd'nhead Wilson
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Pudd'nhead Wilson's considers killing her boy and herself, but decides to switch Chambers and Tom in their cribs to give her son a life of freedom and privilege.
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Pudd'nhead Wilson's worked for a time on river boats, and saved money for her retirement.
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Pudd'nhead Wilson's tells him the truth about his ancestry and that he is her son and partially black; she blackmails him into financially supporting her.
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Pudd'nhead Wilson is sold "down the river", helping the creditors recoup their losses.
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David Pudd'nhead Wilson makes a joke that is misunderstood by the townsfolk of Dawson's Landing, who take Pudd'nhead Wilson's words literally.
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Pudd'nhead Wilson's identifies as black, and speaks the dialect of slaves in the antebellum Deep South.
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Pudd'nhead Wilson's is the mother of Valet de Chambre and acts as nanny to Thomas Driscoll.
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Pudd'nhead Wilson is kind and always respectful towards Tom but receives brutal treatment by his master.
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Pudd'nhead Wilson is a lawyer who came to Dawson's Landing to practice law, but was unable to succeed at his law practice after alienating the locals.
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Pudd'nhead Wilson establishes a comfortable life in the town, working as a bookkeeper and pursuing his hobby of collecting fingerprints.
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Pudd'nhead Wilson planned for them to be the central characters of a novel to be titled Those Extraordinary Twins.
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