Pudd\'nhead Wilson is a novel by Mark Twain.
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David Wilson, a young lawyer, moves to town and a clever remark of his is misunderstood, which causes locals to brand him a "pudd\'nhead" - a nitwit.
The setting is the fictional Missouri frontier town of Dawson\'s Landing on the banks of the Mississippi River in the first half of the 19th century.
It was serialized in The Century Magazine (1893-4), before being published as a novel in 1894.
Pudd\'nhead Wilson is a novel by Mark Twain