The Prince and the pauper a tale in which TWAIN, referring to the history of England of the XVI century , tells the amazing story of how rags Tom Kenti, the spitting image of the heir to the throne, by accident, took on the time the place of the Prince, the real Prince Edward was instead hit Tom in the environment of the poor and learned the bitter and terrible truth about the tyranny and despotism of the monarchy, about the abject poverty of the people. The writer talks about the ordeal of the Prince, had almost ended tragically; the comic describes those provisions that fall found himself in the role of heir to a poor boy That made a lot of good people and made wiser and more humane experienced Ministers and courtiers. The book shows the internal degeneration of the capricious and indifferent to the people of crown Prince Edward, who, taking the throne, becoming a good and fair monarch. Written with much love for the oppressed and ruined people, the book excites both young and adult readers.