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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is an 1889 novel by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. The book was originally titled A Yankee in King Arthur's Court. Some early editions are titled A Yankee at the Court of King Arthur . In the book, a Yankee engineer from Connecticut named Hank Morgan receives a severe blow to the head and is ...
- Mark Twain
- United States
- 1889
- English
Overview. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court is a satirical novel by Mark Twain, first published in 1889. It is the story of Hank Morgan, a 19th-century resident of Hartford, Connecticut, who is inexplicably transported back in time to the court of King Arthur. Hank uses his knowledge of modern technology to try to improve the lives ...
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 a feudal monarchy.
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In Chapter Two, Hank meets a young page named Clarence who tells him that he is in King Arthur's court and that the year is 528. Hank realizes that something has gone terribly wrong, but his reason refuses to believe that he has been transposed... We know that Hank calls himself a "Yankee of Yankees." He was born and raised in Connecticut.
Full Title: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. When Written: Between 1885 and 1889. Where Written: Twain mostly composed A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court during vacations at his family’s summer home in Elmira, New York, but he finished it in Hartford, Connecticut. When Published: December 1889.
Media Adaptations. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court was adapted as a light-hearted musical in 1949, starring Bing Crosby, Rhonda Fleming, Cedric Hardwicke, and William Bendix. The music is by Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke. It was released by Universal on VHS in 1993.
Film Adaptations of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court might seem like difficult work to adapt to film, but there have been multiple attempts—two of which are discussed here. In 1949 the novel was the original basis for a lush, full-color musical adaptation starring the actor and singer ...
