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the Duke and the Dauphin

fictional characters

Also known as: the Duke and the King

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Also called:: the Duke and the King

the Duke and the Dauphin, fictional characters, a comic pair of swindlers who present themselves to Huck and Jim as long-lost royalty in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) by Mark Twain.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Kathleen Kuiper.