# Pudd’nhead Wilson — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Pudd’nhead Wilson by Mark Twain.

- [A Whisper to the Reader](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pudd_nhead_wilson_se/chapters/a-whisper-to-the-reader.md): Mark Twain offers a playful authorial aside, defending the legal accuracy of the court chapters in his book by claiming they were reviewed by William Hicks, a man with a brief and rusty legal background. He muses on the 
- [Pudd'nhead Wilson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pudd_nhead_wilson_se/chapters/pudd-nhead-wilson.md): The chapter introduces the town of Dawson's Landing and its inhabitants, focusing on the arrival of David Wilson, a young lawyer with a penchant for odd remarks that earns him the nickname 'Pudd'nhead.' It also sets the 
- [I: Pudd'nhead Wins His Name](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pudd_nhead_wilson_se/chapters/i-pudd-nhead-wins-his-name.md): The chapter introduces Dawson's Landing, a sleepy slaveholding town on the Mississippi in 1830. It describes the prominent Driscoll family, including Judge York Leicester Driscoll, his widowed sister Mrs. Rachel Pratt, a
- [II: Driscoll Spares His Slaves](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pudd_nhead_wilson_se/chapters/ii-driscoll-spares-his-slaves.md): In this chapter, Pudd'nhead Wilson continues his hobby of collecting fingerprints, while Mr. Driscoll confronts his slaves about a series of thefts. After threatening to sell them down the river, all three confess, but D
- [III: Roxy Plays a Shrewd Trick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pudd_nhead_wilson_se/chapters/iii-roxy-plays-a-shrewd-trick.md): Roxy, terrified that her child might be sold down the river, decides to switch her baby with the master's child, Thomas à Becket. After dressing her own son in the fine clothes of the heir and putting the heir in her chi

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- [IV: The Ways of the Changelings](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pudd_nhead_wilson_se/chapters/iv-the-ways-of-the-changelings.md)
- [The Twins Thrill Dawson's Landing](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pudd_nhead_wilson_se/chapters/v-the-twins-thrill-dawson-s-landing.md)
- [Swimming in Glory](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pudd_nhead_wilson_se/chapters/vi-swimming-in-glory.md)
- [VII: The Unknown Nymph](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pudd_nhead_wilson_se/chapters/vii-the-unknown-nymph.md)
- [VIII: Marse Tom Tramples His Chance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pudd_nhead_wilson_se/chapters/viii-marse-tom-tramples-his-chance.md)
- [IX: Tom Practises Sycophancy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pudd_nhead_wilson_se/chapters/ix-tom-practises-sycophancy.md)
- [X: The Nymph Revealed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pudd_nhead_wilson_se/chapters/x-the-nymph-revealed.md)
- [XI: Pudd'nhead's Startling Discovery](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pudd_nhead_wilson_se/chapters/xi-pudd-nhead-s-startling-discovery.md)
- [The Shame of Judge Driscoll](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pudd_nhead_wilson_se/chapters/xii-the-shame-of-judge-driscoll.md)
- [Tom Stares at Ruin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pudd_nhead_wilson_se/chapters/xiii-tom-stares-at-ruin.md)
- [XIV: Roxana Insists Upon Reform](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pudd_nhead_wilson_se/chapters/xiv-roxana-insists-upon-reform.md)
- [XV: The Robber Robbed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pudd_nhead_wilson_se/chapters/xv-the-robber-robbed.md)
- [XVI: Sold Down the River](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pudd_nhead_wilson_se/chapters/xvi-sold-down-the-river.md)
- [The Judge Utters Dire Prophecy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pudd_nhead_wilson_se/chapters/xvii-the-judge-utters-dire-prophecy.md)
- [XVIII: Roxana Commands](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pudd_nhead_wilson_se/chapters/xviii-roxana-commands.md)
- [XIX: The Prophecy Realized](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pudd_nhead_wilson_se/chapters/xix-the-prophecy-realized.md)
- [The Murderer Chuckles](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pudd_nhead_wilson_se/chapters/xx-the-murderer-chuckles.md)
- [Doom](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pudd_nhead_wilson_se/chapters/xxi-doom.md)
- [Conclusion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pudd_nhead_wilson_se/chapters/conclusion.md)

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