Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
by Twain, Mark; Stein, Bernard L.; Smith, Henry N.; Beard, Daniel CarterFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1980-01-01
Publisher(s): Univ of California Pr
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Summary
This tale takes place in Sixth-Century England in Camelot where King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table live. Hank Morgan finds himself there after he is mysteriously transported there from his home in Nineteenth-Century New England. Although this story is very funny, it still hits on serious topics like; white slavery , prejudice, confiscation of property in event of suicide, and the influence of the Church on the people. Please Note: This book has been reformatted to be easy to read in true text, not scanned images that can sometimes be difficult to decipher. The Microsoft eBook has a contents page linked to the chapter headings for easy navigation. The Adobe eBook has bookmarks at chapter headings and is printable up to two full copies per year. Both versions are text searchable.
Table of Contents
| Illustrations | p. xi |
| Foreword | p. xv |
| Preface | p. xxi |
| A Word of Explanation | p. 1 |
| Camelot | p. 10 |
| King Arthur's Court | p. 14 |
| Knights of the Table Round | p. 22 |
| Sir Dinadan the Humorist | p. 30 |
| An Inspiration | p. 36 |
| The Eclipse | p. 44 |
| Merlin's Tower | p. 52 |
| The Boss | p. 62 |
| The Tournament | p. 72 |
| Beginnings of Civilization | p. 80 |
| The Yankee in Search of Adventures | p. 88 |
| Slow Torture | p. 98 |
| Freemen! | p. 106 |
| "Defend Thee, Lord!" | p. 118 |
| Sandy's Tale | p. 126 |
| Morgan le Fay | p. 138 |
| A Royal Banquet | p. 148 |
| In the Queen's Dungeons | p. 160 |
| Knight-Errantry as a Trade | p. 174 |
| The Ogre's Castle | p. 180 |
| The Pilgrims | p. 190 |
| The Holy Fountain | p. 204 |
| Restoration of the Fountain | p. 216 |
| A Rival Magician | p. 226 |
| A Competitive Examination | p. 238 |
| The First Newspaper | p. 252 |
| The Yankee and the King Travel Incognito | p. 264 |
| Drilling the King | p. 274 |
| The Small-Pox Hut | p. 282 |
| The Tragedy of the Manor House | p. 290 |
| Marco | p. 302 |
| Dowley's Humiliation | p. 312 |
| Sixth-Century Political Economy | p. 322 |
| The Yankee and the King Sold as Slaves | p. 336 |
| A Pitiful Incident | p. 350 |
| An Encounter in the Dark | p. 360 |
| An Awful Predicament | p. 366 |
| Sir Launcelot and Knights to the Rescue | p. 376 |
| The Yankee's Fight with the Knights | p. 382 |
| Three Years Later | p. 396 |
| The Interdict | p. 406 |
| War! | p. 412 |
| The Battle of the Sand-Belt | p. 426 |
| A Postscript by Clarence | p. 442 |
| References | p. 451 |
| Explanatory Notes | p. 455 |
| Note on the Text | p. 477 |
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