Pudd'nhead Wilson

Pudd'nhead Wilson
First edition
AuthorMark Twain
LanguageEnglish
GenreHumor, satire
PublisherCharles L. Webster & Company
Publication date
November 28, 1894[1]
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover, paperback)
Pages337 pp

Pudd'nhead Wilson is a novel by American writer Mark Twain published on 28 November 1894. Its central intrigue revolves around two boys—one, born into slavery, with 1/32 black ancestry; the other, white, born to be the master of the house. The two boys, who look similar, are switched at infancy. Each grows into the other's social role.

The story was serialized in The Century Magazine (1893–1894), then published as a novel in 1894.[1]