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Mark Twain
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
(Complete Edition)
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2018 OK Publishing
ISBN 978-80-272-4533-8
Table of Contents
Chapter I. Camelot
Chapter II. King Arthur's Court
Chapter III. Knights of the Table Round
Chapter IV. Sir Dinadan the Humorist
Chapter X. Beginnings of Civilization
Chapter XI. The Yankee in Search of Adventures
Chapter XIV. "Defend Thee, Lord"
Chapter XVIII. In the Queen's Dungeons
Chapter XIX. Knight-Errantry as a Trade
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 XXXII. Dowley's Humiliation
Chapter XXXIII. Sixth Century Political Economy
Chapter XXXIV. The Yankee and the King Sold as Slaves
Chapter 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 XLIII. The Battle of the Sand Belt
Chapter XLIV. A Postscript by Clarence
Preface
The ungentle laws and customs touched upon in this tale are historical, and the episodes which are used to illustrate them are also historical. It is not pretended that these laws and customs existed in England in the sixth century; no, it is only pretended that inasmuch as they existed in the English and other civilizations of far later times, it is safe to consider that it is no libel upon the sixth century to suppose them to have been in practice