Tom Canty in "The Prince and the Pauper"

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Tom Canty is the impoverished London boy who swaps identities with Prince Edward in Mark Twain’s novel "The Prince and the Pauper," highlighting themes of social inequality and mistaken identity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
protagonist ⓘ
appearsIn The Prince and the Pauper ⓘ
associatedWithMonarch Edward VI of England ⓘ
King Henry VIII ⓘ
basedInTimePeriod Tudor era ⓘ
country England ⓘ
createdBy Mark Twain ⓘ
creator Mark Twain ⓘ
dreamsOf life as a prince ⓘ
education taught to read by a priest ⓘ
familyBackground impoverished ⓘ
father John Canty ⓘ
fictionalUniverse The Prince and the Pauper ⓘ
firstAppearance The Prince and the Pauper ⓘ
friend Prince Edward Tudor ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genreOfWorkAppearsIn children's literature ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ
grandmother Canty grandmother ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
literaryPeriod 19th-century American literature ⓘ
medium novel ⓘ
mistakenFor Prince Edward Tudor ⓘ
mother Mrs. Canty ⓘ
narrativeFunction contrast to royal privilege ⓘ
vehicle for social satire ⓘ
nationality English ⓘ
occupation beggar ⓘ
personalityTrait compassionate ⓘ
curious ⓘ
imaginative ⓘ
kind ⓘ
publisherWorkAppearsIn James R. Osgood & Co. ⓘ
residence London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

Offal Court, London ⓘ
roleInPlot experiences life as a royal ⓘ
takes the place of the Prince of Wales at court ⓘ
sisters Bet Canty ⓘ
Nan Canty ⓘ
socialClass pauper ⓘ
swapsIdentitiesWith Prince Edward Tudor ⓘ
themeIllustrated class differences ⓘ
mistaken identity ⓘ
social inequality ⓘ
yearOfWorkPublication 1881 ⓘ

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Bobby Mauch → portrayedCharacterIn → Tom Canty in "The Prince and the Pauper" ⓘ