The American Claimant

A satirical 1892 novel by Mark Twain in which an English viscount trades places with an American colonel who has inherited a claim to an earldom, leading to comic entanglements involving mistaken identities, love, and the colonel's hopeful schemes.

Public domain in the US. From Project Gutenberg.

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Historical and Classical Fiction›Classic humor and satire›American and Canadian humor before 1900›Comic novels

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Bibliophiles›Historical and Classical Fiction›Classic humor and satire›American and Canadian humor before 1900›Comic novels