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A novel by Mark Twain about a 19th-century engineer who travels back to medieval England and tries to modernize it. The book is a satire of feudalism, monarchy, and chivalry, and a pioneer of the time travel genre.
- Mark Twain
- 1889
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court: Directed by Tay Garnett. With Bing Crosby, Rhonda Fleming, Cedric Hardwicke, William Bendix. A singing mechanic from 1912 finds himself in Arthurian Britain.
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- Comedy, Family, Fantasy
- Tay Garnett
- 1949-04-22
A classic satire and time travel novel by the American writer and humorist. Hank Morgan, a 19th-century mechanic, wakes up in King Arthur's Camelot and tries to modernize it with his inventions.
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- Paperback
A musical comedy film based on Mark Twain's novel, starring Bing Crosby as a modern mechanic who travels back to Arthurian Britain. He uses his inventions to win the love of a princess and challenge the court of King Arthur.
- CAMELOT. “Camelot—Camelot,” said I to myself. “I don’t seem to remember hearing of it before. Name of the asylum, likely.” It was a soft, reposeful summer landscape, as lovely as a dream, and as lonesome as Sunday.
- KING ARTHUR’S COURT. The moment I got a chance I slipped aside privately and touched an ancient common looking man on the shoulder and said, in an insinuating, confidential way
- KNIGHTS OF THE TABLE ROUND. Mainly the Round Table talk was monologues—narrative accounts of the adventures in which these prisoners were captured and their friends and backers killed and stripped of their steeds and armor.
- SIR DINADAN THE HUMORIST. It seemed to me that this quaint lie was most simply and beautifully told; but then I had heard it only once, and that makes a difference; it was pleasant to the others when it was fresh, no doubt.
Jul 7, 2004 · A classic satire of medieval life and culture by the American author Mark Twain. Download or read online this free eBook in various formats, including EPUB, Kindle, and HTML.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, satirical novel by Mark Twain, published in 1889. It is the tale of a commonsensical Yankee who is carried back in time to Britain in the Dark Ages, and it celebrates homespun ingenuity and democratic values in contrast to the superstitious ineptitude of.
