Quotation from The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain

A former farmer among the vagrants tells how he and his family were lashed through three towns for begging.

Citation: "it was crime to be hungry in England" — Mark Twain, The Prince and the Pauper, Chapter XVII (Project Gutenberg #1837). (id the-prince-and-the-pauper-q5)

Portrait: The Prince and the pauper bookcover, Unknown, Public domain.

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