The story of Hank Morgan, a nineteenth-century American who is accidentally returned to sixth-century England, is a powerful analysis of such issues as monarchy versus democracy and free will versus determinism. Yet it is also one of Twain's finest...
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The story of Hank Morgan, a nineteenth-century American who is accidentally returned to sixth-century England, is a powerful analysis of such issues as monarchy versus democracy and free will versus determinism. Yet it is also one of Twain's finest comic novels, still fresh and funny after more than 100 years. This edition reproduces more than 40 of Dan Beard's original drawings. Cover -- Copyright Page -- Title Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Note on the Text -- About the Illustrations -- Select Bibliography -- A Chronology of Mark Twain -- A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT -- Preface -- A Word of Explanation -- I Camelot -- II King Arthur's Court -- III Knights of the Table Round -- IV Sir Dinadan the Humorist -- V An Inspiration -- VI The Eclipse -- VII Merlin's Tower -- VIII The Boss -- IX The Tournament -- X Beginnings of Civilization -- XI The Yankee in Search of Adventures -- XII Slow Torture -- XIII Freemen! -- XIV "Defend Thee, Lord!" -- XV Sandy's Tale -- XVI Morgan le Fay -- XVII A Royal Banquet -- XVIII In the Queen's Dungeons -- XIX Knight-Errantry as a Trade -- XX The Ogre's Castle -- XXI The Pilgrims -- XXII The Holy Fountain -- XXIII Restoration of the Fountain -- XXIV A Rival Magician -- XXV A Competitive Examination -- XXVI The First Newspaper -- XXVII The Yankee and the King Travel Incognito -- XXVIII Drilling the King -- XXIX The Small-Pox Hut -- XXX The Tragedy of the Manor-House -- XXXI Marco -- XXXII Dowley's Humiliation -- XXXIII Sixth Century Political Economy -- XXXIV The Yankee and the King Sold as Slaves -- XXXV A Pitiful Incident -- XXXVI An Encounter in the Dark -- XXXVII An Awful Predicament -- XXXVIII Sir Launcelot and Knights to the Rescue -- XXXIX The Yankee's Fight with the Knights -- XL Three Years Later -- XLI The Interdict -- XLII War! -- XLIII The Battle of the Sand-Belt -- XLIV A Postscript by Clarence -- Explanatory Notes -- Footnotes.
