A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court, [Samuel Clemens]
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court, [Samuel Clemens]
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eng
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fiction
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court
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[Samuel Clemens]
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Illustrated classics
Summary
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is a humorous 1889 novel by American writer Mark Twain. In it, a Connecticut engineer is accidentally transported back to the time of King Arthur. He convinces the inhabitants of that time that he is a magician, and uses his knowledge of modern technology to stun them with such feats as demolitions, fireworks, and the shoring up of a holy well. Twain wrote the book as a satire of Romantic notions of chivalry after a dream in which he was a knight himself, noting the inconvenient weight of the armor
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adult
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- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Adaptations
- Americans + Travel -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Time travel -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Arthurian romances -- Adaptations -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Electronic books
- Humorous fiction
- Knights and knighthood -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Arthur, King -- Comic books, strips, etc
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- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Adaptations
- Americans + Travel -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Time travel -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Arthurian romances -- Adaptations -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Electronic books
- Humorous fiction
- Knights and knighthood -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Arthur, King -- Comic books, strips, etc
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- Is Derivative Of1
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