The cover page is adapted from Sir Mador’s Spear Brake All to Pieces, but the Other’s Spear Held, a painting completed in 1922 by N. C. Wyeth. The cover and title pages feature the League Spartan and Sorts Mill Goudy typefaces created in 2014 and 2009 by The League of Moveable Type. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N._C._Wyethwww.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court
Chapters (47)
- Preface 0:00
- A Word of Explanation 1:58
- I: Camelot 17:11
- II: King Arthur’s Court 22:36
- III: Knights of the Table Round 35:35
- IV: Sir Dinadan the Humorist 49:21
- V: An Inspiration 56:36
- VI: The Eclipse 1:09:42
- VII: Merlin’s Tower 1:25:12
- VIII: The Boss 1:40:06
- IX: The Tournament 1:54:12
- X: Beginnings of Civilization 2:08:33
- XI: The Yankee in Search of Adventures 2:18:39
- XII: Slow Torture 2:37:35
- XIII: Freemen! 2:48:25
- XIV: “Defend Thee, Lord!” 3:08:16
- XV: Sandy’s Tale 3:17:46
- XVI: Morgan le Fay 3:37:28
- XVII: A Royal Banquet 3:52:12
- XVIII: In the Queen’s Dungeons 4:13:44
- XIX: Knight-Errantry as a Trade 4:39:23
- XX: The Ogre’s Castle 4:46:45
- XXI: The Pilgrims 5:03:23
- XXII: The Holy Fountain 5:32:27
- XXIII: Restoration of the Fountain 5:57:03
- XXIV: A Rival Magician 6:14:59
- XXV: A Competitive Examination 6:39:21
- XXVI: The First Newspaper 7:07:17
- XXVII: The Yankee and the King Travel Incognito 7:29:07
- XXVIII: Drilling the King 7:47:40
- XXIX: The Smallpox Hut 7:57:49
- XXX: The Tragedy of the Manor-House 8:13:31
- XXXI: Marco 8:36:12
- XXXII: Dowley’s Humiliation 8:52:13
- XXXIII: Sixth Century Political Economy 9:06:33
- XXXIV: The Yankee and the King Sold as Slaves 9:32:52
- XXXV: A Pitiful Incident 9:58:47
- XXXVI: An Encounter in the Dark 10:16:23
- XXXVII: An Awful Predicament 10:25:10
- XXXVIII: Sir Launcelot and Knights to the Rescue 10:40:56
- XXXIX: The Yankee’s Fight with the Knights 10:46:50
- XL: Three Years Later 11:10:36
- XLI: The Interdict 11:27:22
- XLII: War! 11:37:19
- XLIII: The Battle of the Sand-Belt 12:03:42
- XLIV: A Postscript by Clarence 12:34:15
- Final P.S. by M. T. 12:38:31
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court is one of Mark Twain’s most enduring novels. During a stay at a modern-day English castle, the narrator meets a mysterious stranger. The stranger, Hank Morgan, is an engineer from Connecticut, and proceeds to weave a satirical, biting, and hilarious tale of how he traveled back in time to find himself in the court of the legendary King Arthur. There he uses his modern-day knowledge to convince the locals that he’s a powerful magician. As the book progresses, Hank modernizes—and Americanizes—the lives of the locals.
Twain’s talent for humor and satire are on full display in Yankee, and he doesn’t waste the opportunity to use Hank as a mouthpiece for his views on things like politics, capitalism, and justice. Many consider it to be his best work.