A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s court

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Parallel title:亞瑟王宮廷中的美國人

Author:Mark Twain[原作];甦活中英文編輯所[編輯]

Publication Year:2011[民100]

Publisher:Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation 甦活全球網路

Place of Publication:Salt Lake City, UT. 臺北市

Format:EPUB 流式

category:English Book  

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In this biting satire by Twain, a 19th c. Yankee mechanic is knocked out during a brawl, and wakes to find himself in Camelot, A.D. 528, in King Arthur's Court. When the modern mechanic tries to cure society's ills (oppressed peasantry, evil church, etc.) with 19th c. industrial inventions like electricity and gunfire - all hell breaks loose!

  • A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
  • ***
  • Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • PREFACE
  • A WORD OF EXPLANATION
  • HOW SIR LAUNCELOT SLEW TWO GIANTS, AND MADE A CASTLE FREE
  • THE STRANGER'S HISTORY
  • THE TALE OF THE LOST LAND
  • CHAPTER I
  • CAMELOT
  • CHAPTER II
  • KING ARTHUR'S COURT
  • CHAPTER III
  • KNIGHTS OF THE TABLE ROUND
  • CHAPTER IV
  • SIR DINADAN THE HUMORIST
  • CHAPTER V
  • AN INSPIRATION
  • CHAPTER VI
  • THE ECLIPSE
  • CHAPTER VII
  • MERLIN'S TOWER
  • CHAPTER VIII
  • THE BOSS
  • CHAPTER IX
  • THE TOURNAMENT
  • CHAPTER X
  • BEGINNINGS OF CIVILIZATION
  • CHAPTER XI
  • THE YANKEE IN SEARCH OF ADVENTURES
  • CHAPTER XII
  • SLOW TORTURE
  • CHAPTER XIII
  • FREEMEN
  • CHAPTER XIV
  • "DEFEND THEE, LORD"
  • CHAPTER XV
  • SANDY'S TALE
  • CHAPTER XVI
  • MORGAN LE FAY
  • CHAPTER XVII
  • A ROYAL BANQUET
  • CHAPTER XVIII
  • IN THE QUEEN'S DUNGEONS
  • CHAPTER XIX
  • KNIGHT–ERRANTRY AS A TRADE
  • CHAPTER XX
  • THE OGRE'S CASTLE
  • CHAPTER XXI
  • THE PILGRIMS
  • 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 XXXI
  • MARCO
  • 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 XL
  • THREE YEARS LATER
  • CHAPTER XLI
  • THE INTERDICT
  • CHAPTER XLII
  • WAR!
  • CHAPTER XLIII
  • THE BATTLE OF THE SAND BELT
  • CHAPTER XLIV
  • A POSTSCRIPT BY CLARENCE
  • FINAL P.S. BY M.T.
  • Footnotes