The Prince and the Pauper
Mark Twain, 1881.
In Tudor London, Prince Edward and a poor boy named Tom Canty discover they look identical and swap clothes for fun. Then they cannot swap back: Tom must act as prince while Edward learns how harsh life is for ordinary people.
Public-domain text. First published in 1881; Mark Twain died in 1910, so this text is in the public domain in the US, Canada, the EU and India. Summary and notes written by ViralScopeHub.