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Cover; Title Page; PREFACE; A WORD OF EXPLANATION; THE TALE OF THE LOST LAND; CHAPTER I: CAMELOT; CHAPTER II: KING ARTHUR'S COURT; CHAPTER III: KNIGHTS OF THE TABLE ROUND; CHAPTER IV: SIR DINADAN THE HUMORIST; CHAPTER V: AN INSPIRATION; CHAPTER VI: THE ECLIPSE; CHAPTER VII: MERLIN'S TOWER; CHAPTER VIII: THE BOSS; CHAPTER IX: THE TOURNAMENT; CHAPTER X: BEGINNINGS OF CIVILIZATION; CHAPTER XI: THE YANKEE IN SEARCH OF ADVENTURES; CHAPTER XII: SLOW TORTURE; CHAPTER XIII: FREEMEN; CHAPTER XIV: "DEFEND THEE, LORD"; CHAPTER XV: SANDY'S TALE; CHAPTER XVI: MORGAN LE FAY; CHAPTER XVII: A ROYAL BANQUET |
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Chapter xviii: in the queen's dungeonschapter xix: knight-errantry as a trade; chapter xx: the ogre's castle; chapter xxi: the pilgrims; chapter xxii: the holy fountain; chapter xxiii: restoration of the fountain; chapter xxiv: a rival magician; chapter xxv: a competitive examination; chapter xxvi: the first newspaper; chapter xxvii: the yankee and the king travel incognito; chapter xxviii: drilling the king; chapter xxix: the smallpox hut; chapter xxx: the tragedy of the manor-house; chapter xxxi: marco; chapter xxxii: dowley's humiliation; chapter xxxiii: sixth century political economy |
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CHAPTER XXXIV: THE YANKEE AND THE KING SOLD AS SLAVESCHAPTER XXXV: A PITIFUL INCIDENT; CHAPTER XXXVI: AN ENCOUNTER IN THE DARK; CHAPTER XXXVII: AN AWFUL PREDICAMENT; CHAPTER XXXVIII: SIR LAUNCELOT AND KNIGHTS TO THE RESCUE; CHAPTER XXXIX: THE YANKEE'S FIGHT WITH THE KNIGHTS; CHAPTER XL: THREE YEARS LATER; CHAPTER XLI: THE INTERDICT; CHAPTER XLII: WAR!; CHAPTER XLIII: THE BATTLE OF THE SAND BELT; CHAPTER XLIV: A POSTSCRIPT BY CLARENCE; FINAL P.S. BY M.T.; Copyright |
| Summary |
Mark Twain's classic satirical tale of time travel and Arthurian legend Hank Morgan is a supervisor at a firearms factory in Hartford, Connecticut. Following a violent argument with a man named Hercules, Hank is surprised to find himself under an oak tree, staring up at a man on horseback in full armor. The year is 528, and Hank has somehow landed in King Arthur's Court in Camelot. Worse still, Hank is ridiculed by the boorish knights, brought in front of the Round Table, and sentenced to burn at the stake. Will Hank die at the hands of the Knights of the Round Table, or can his Yankee ingenuity save his hide' Mark Twain's seminal satire sends up the South's ridiculous preoccupation with chivalry, the Catholic Church, fear of science and progress, and dozens of other behaviors and beliefs. Credited as a foundational work of the time travel subgenre of science fiction, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is also a timeless comic classic. This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices |
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Title from resource description page (Recorded Books, viewed July 13, 2015) |
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Americans -- Great Britain -- Fiction
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Arthurian romances -- Adaptations
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Knights and knighthood -- Fiction
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Kings and rulers -- Fiction
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Britons -- Fiction
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Time travel -- Fiction
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FICTION -- Classics.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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Americans
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Arthurian romances
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Britons
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Kings and rulers
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Knights and knighthood
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Time travel
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Great Britain
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Adaptations
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Fiction
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781504017282 |
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1504017285 |
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