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Start of Serialization

When
1893
Where
New York City
Part of
Pudd'nhead Wilson begins serialization in The Century Magazine

Pudd'nhead Wilson began serialization in The Century Magazine in 1893; the passages give no month or day, and the legacy 1 December 1893 date is unverified.

The story was serialized in The Century Magazine from 1893 to 1894, a span distinct from the writing window of November 12 to December 14, 1893, during which Twain wrote 60,000 words. No supplied passage specifies the serialization's start month or day, and none locates the start itself. New York City is attested only as the publisher's city, an institutional context rather than a passage-attested event place.

Sources

  1. Pudd'nhead Wilson Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-15
  2. Mark Twain Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-05
  3. The Century Magazine Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-20

Machine-drafted from the cited Wikipedia passages and checked by a reviewing model, not by a human editor. Every passage cites the revision it was written from; dates and places follow those passages.