The Prince and the Pauper: A Tale for Young People of All Ages

Mark Twain

The Prince and the Pauper: A Tale for Young People of All Ages

Boston

James R. Osgood and Company

1882

Twain’s first attempt at historical fiction, of which he notes, “It may have happened, it may not have happened: but it could have happened.” He presented this copy to Dr. Clarence C. Rice—Clemens’s personal physician who introduced the financially troubled author to financial wizard Henry H. Rogers (who ultimately led Clemens to solvency)—and signed it from “the Author.”