Switched at birth!Pudd'nhead Wilson's 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.Three complex plot lines, with fascinating characters all come together in a murder trial with the classic reveal at the end that make this Twain classic the perfect crossover between literary and a newly developing genre.Mark Twain's satire humorously and subtly takes apart small-town politics, religious beliefs to slavery and racism, while becoming an early detective story classic.