HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essentialclassics. 'When I am king, they shall not have bread and shelter only, butalso teachings out of books; for a full belly is little worth where themind is starved, and the heart.' Set in 16th-Century England and followingthe lives of two young boys, The Prince and the Pauper is a classic andtimeless tale. Tom Canty, the lowly pauper is almost identical inappearance to Edward Tudor, a prince. Unbeknownst to those around them, theboys strike up an unlikely friendship and soon realise that with theirsimilar looks they could easily pass for one another. When the Prince'sfather dies, some of the more underhand court officials persuade the pauperto act as the Prince in order to reap the benefits of the 'mistake' andthere follows a tale of friendship and growing up in one of Mark Twain'smost infamous works.