# The Prince and the Pauper — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain.

- [Dedication](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prince_and_the_pauper_se/chapters/dedication.md): The author affectionately dedicates the book to his children, Susie and Clara Clemens.
- [Epigraph](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prince_and_the_pauper_se/chapters/epigraph.md): The epigraph quotes a passage from Shakespeare's 'The Merchant of Venice' on the theme of mercy, suggesting that mercy is a divine quality that blesses both the giver and the receiver, and is especially fitting for a mon
- [The Prince and the Pauper](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prince_and_the_pauper_se/chapters/the-prince-and-the-pauper.md): This opening chapter introduces the two main characters, Tom Canty and Prince Edward Tudor, born on the same day in vastly different circumstances. Tom grows up in poverty and neglect in Offal Court, while Edward is born
- [The Birth of the Prince and the Pauper](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prince_and_the_pauper_se/chapters/i-the-birth-of-the-prince-and-the-pauper.md): On the same autumn day in 16th-century London, two boys are born into vastly different circumstances: Edward Tudor, the long-awaited Prince of Wales, is celebrated by all of England, while Tom Canty, born into a poor fam
- [II: Tom’s Early Life](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prince_and_the_pauper_se/chapters/ii-tom-s-early-life.md): This chapter describes Tom Canty's impoverished childhood in Offal Court, London, detailing his family's squalid living conditions, his abusive father and grandmother, and his mother's secret kindness. Despite his hardsh

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- [Tom's Meeting with the Prince](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prince_and_the_pauper_se/chapters/iii-tom-s-meeting-with-the-prince.md)
- [IV: The Prince's Troubles Begin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prince_and_the_pauper_se/chapters/iv-the-prince-s-troubles-begin.md)
- [Tom as a Patrician](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prince_and_the_pauper_se/chapters/v-tom-as-a-patrician.md)
- [Tom Receives Instructions](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prince_and_the_pauper_se/chapters/vi-tom-receives-instructions.md)
- [Tom's First Royal Dinner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prince_and_the_pauper_se/chapters/vii-tom-s-first-royal-dinner.md)
- [VIII: The Question of the Seal](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prince_and_the_pauper_se/chapters/viii-the-question-of-the-seal.md)
- [IX: The River Pageant](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prince_and_the_pauper_se/chapters/ix-the-river-pageant.md)
- [The Prince in the Toils](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prince_and_the_pauper_se/chapters/x-the-prince-in-the-toils.md)
- [At Guildhall](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prince_and_the_pauper_se/chapters/xi-at-guildhall.md)
- [XII: The Prince and His Deliverer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prince_and_the_pauper_se/chapters/xii-the-prince-and-his-deliverer.md)
- [XIII: The Disappearance of the Prince](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prince_and_the_pauper_se/chapters/xiii-the-disappearance-of-the-prince.md)
- [XIV: “Le Roi Est Mort—Vive le Roi”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prince_and_the_pauper_se/chapters/xiv-le-roi-est-mort-vive-le-roi.md)
- [Tom as King](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prince_and_the_pauper_se/chapters/xv-tom-as-king.md)
- [XVI: The State Dinner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prince_and_the_pauper_se/chapters/xvi-the-state-dinner.md)
- [Foo-Foo the First](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prince_and_the_pauper_se/chapters/xvii-foo-foo-the-first.md)
- [The Prince with the Tramps](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prince_and_the_pauper_se/chapters/xviii-the-prince-with-the-tramps.md)
- [XIX: The Prince with the Peasants](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prince_and_the_pauper_se/chapters/xix-the-prince-with-the-peasants.md)
- [The Prince and the Hermit](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prince_and_the_pauper_se/chapters/xx-the-prince-and-the-hermit.md)
- [Hendon to the Rescue](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prince_and_the_pauper_se/chapters/xxi-hendon-to-the-rescue.md)
- [XXII: A Victim of Treachery](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prince_and_the_pauper_se/chapters/xxii-a-victim-of-treachery.md)
- [XXIII: The Prince a Prisoner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prince_and_the_pauper_se/chapters/xxiii-the-prince-a-prisoner.md)
- [The Escape](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prince_and_the_pauper_se/chapters/xxiv-the-escape.md)
- [Hendon Hall](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prince_and_the_pauper_se/chapters/xxv-hendon-hall.md)
- [Disowned](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prince_and_the_pauper_se/chapters/xxvi-disowned.md)
- [In Prison](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prince_and_the_pauper_se/chapters/xxvii-in-prison.md)
- [The Sacrifice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prince_and_the_pauper_se/chapters/xxviii-the-sacrifice.md)
- [To London](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prince_and_the_pauper_se/chapters/xxix-to-london.md)
- [Tom's Progress](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prince_and_the_pauper_se/chapters/xxx-tom-s-progress.md)
- [The Recognition Procession](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prince_and_the_pauper_se/chapters/xxxi-the-recognition-procession.md)
- [Coronation Day](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prince_and_the_pauper_se/chapters/xxxii-coronation-day.md)
- [Edward as King](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prince_and_the_pauper_se/chapters/xxxiii-edward-as-king.md)
- [Conclusion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prince_and_the_pauper_se/chapters/conclusion.md)
- [General Note](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prince_and_the_pauper_se/chapters/general-note.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prince_and_the_pauper_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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