In one of his novels, a man drops off a sack containing lead, though he claims it contains gold, and another of his novels sees (*) Tom Canty confused with Edward, the son of Henry VIII.
A recently discovered play by this man tells the tale of a painter faking his own death to make his art more valuable. In addition to Is He Dead?, this man wrote about the cranberry farmer Sandy McWilliams, who is met on Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven. In one of his novels, a man drops off a sack containing lead, though he claims it contains gold, and another of his novels sees (*) Tom Canty confused with Edward, the son of Henry VIII. For ten points, name this author of The Man That Corrupted Hadleyberg and The Prince and the Pauper, who is more famous for his stories about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.
A recently discovered play by this man tells the tale of a painter faking his own death to make his art more valuable.
Mark {Twain} or Samuel {Clemens}