The Prince and the Pauper Samuel L. Clemens, whose pen name was “Mark Twain,” was born in Florida, Missouri on November 30, 1835. He worked as a traveling printer around the United States until he joined the Confederate volunteer army during the Civil War. During his lifetime, which came to an end on April 21, 1910, he wrote many famous novels including The Prince and the Pauper in 1882. The significance of The Prince and the Pauper is to show that experiencing hard lessons can change the way someone views and relates to things. I enjoyed the novel because I thought it was really interesting and had great details of the chara