Mark Twain

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1601 was written by Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) originally published privately for a small group of friends. This book is a humorous satire of Elizabethan England, probably scandalous at the time of its release.Author: Mark TwainISBN-10: 1983572594ISBN-13: 9781983572593Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/11/2018Pages:...

Illustrated with beautiful chapter headings that match the book cover!1601, written by Mark Twain, is a supposititious conversation which takes place in Queen Elizabeth's closet between the Queen, Ben Jonson, Beaumont, Sir Walter Raleigh, the Duchess of Bilgewater, and one or two others... If...

1601: Conversation as it was by the Social Fireside in the Time of the Tudors is a classic work of American satire by Mark Twain. Date: 1601.] Conversation, as it was by the Social Fireside, in the Time of the Tudors. or simply 1601...

[Date: 1601.] Conversation, as it was by the Social Fireside, in the Time of the Tudors. or simply 1601 is the title of a short risqué squib by Mark Twain, first published anonymously in 1880, and finally acknowledged by the author in 1906. Written...

Date: 1601.] Conversation, as it was by the Social Fireside, in the Time of the Tudors. or simply 1601 is the title of a short risqu squib by Mark Twain, first published anonymously in 1880, and finally acknowledged by the author in 1906.Written as...

It was in Warwick Castle that I came across the curious stranger whom I am going to talk about. He attracted me by three things: his candid simplicity, his marvelous familiarity with ancient armor, and the restfulness of his company-for he did all the...

This Norton Critical Edition includes: - The first American edition (1889) of the novel, approved by Twain and published by his own company. - All 220 original illustrations, bringing to life Twain's admiration for King Arthur, Merlin, and Camelot as well as his deep...

After a blow to the head, American, Hank Morgan wakes up in England. Specifically King Arthur's England of 528. With no other options Morgan uses his knowledge of science to pass himself off as a great wizard. This earns him the enmity of Merlin....

Hank Morgan awakens one morning to find he has been transported from nineteenth-century New England to sixth-century England and the reign of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Morgan brings to King Arthur's utopian court the ingenuity of the future, resulting...

The concept of this story was given in a preface by author Mark Twain. He wrote: 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...

Follow 19th Century American Hank Morgan as he finds himself in England during the time of King Arthur and embarks on a quest to modernize Camelot with electricity and gunfire. Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colorful comic strip form, offering an excellent...

First published in 1889, "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" was inspired by a dream in which the author, Mark Twain, imagined himself as knight in the time of chivalry. The book relates the tale of Hank Morgan, an engineer from 19th century...

From the author of countless esteemed classics such as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, , Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court follows an American engineer named Hank Morgan. When Hank suffers from a severe head injury, he falls unconscious, only to...

The "father of American literature," Mark Twain, was one of the most brilliant humorists of the 19th century, famous for his classic works even to this day. Twain is most known for his jarring criticism and harsh, but genuine writing. Growing up in a...

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court By Mark TwainAuthor: Mark TwainISBN-10: 1548319562ISBN-13: 9781548319564Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/12/2017Pages: 138Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.56lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.01w x 0.30d

From the author of countless esteemed classics such as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, , Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court follows an American engineer named Hank Morgan. When Hank suffers from a severe head injury, he falls unconscious, only to...

"The book relates the tale of Hank Morgan, an engineer from 19th century Hartford Connecticut, who is inexplicably transported to the early medieval England of King Arthur. While there he uses his knowledge of modern technology to appear as though he is a magician....

Author: Mark TwainISBN-10: 1936041774ISBN-13: 9781936041770Publisher: Simon & BrownLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/03/2011Pages: 334Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.08lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d

In this classic satiric novel, published in 1889, Hank Morgan, a supervisor in a Connecticut gun factory, falls unconscious after being whacked on the head. When he wakes up he finds himself in Britain in 528 -- where he is immediately captured, hauled back...

When A Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur's Court was published in 1889, Mark Twain was undergoing a series of personal and professional crises. In his Introduction, M. Thomas Inge shows how what began as a literary burlesque of British chivalry and culture developed to...

Mark Twain moves from broad comedy to biting social satire in this literary classic. Cracked on the head by a crowbar in nineteenth-century Connecticut, Hank Morgan wakes to find himself in King Arthur's England. After using his knoweldge of an upcoming solar eclipse to...

Author: Mark TwainISBN-10: 0140430644ISBN-13: 9780140430646Publisher: Penguin GroupLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/28/1972Pages: 416Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 7.92h x 5.06w x 0.72dAbout the AuthorMark Twain is the pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 - 1910). Mark Twain was always nostalgic about his childhood and in 1876 The Adventures of...

When Connecticut mechanic and foreman Hank Morgan is knocked unconscious, he wakes not to the familiar scenes of nineteenth-century America, but to the bewildering sights and sounds of sixth-century Camelot.Although confused at first and quickly imprisoned, he soon realizes that his knowledge of the...

In 1879, Colt Arms Factory superintendent Hank Morgan gets a crowbar to the head and wakes up in King Arthur's England of AD 528, replete with steel-plated knights, hefty horses, blushing ladies, vast castles, and a great oaken table the shape and size of...

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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...

Classic from the year 2009 in the subject American Studies - Literature, language: English, abstract: 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...

Rare edition with unique illustrations and elegant classic cream paper. This novel tells the story of Hank Morgan, the quintessential self-reliant New Englander who brings to King Arthur's Age of Chivalry the "great and beneficent" miracles of nineteenth-century engineering and American ingenuity. Through the...

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's CourtBy Mark TwainAuthor: Mark TwainISBN-10: 1613823770ISBN-13: 9781613823774Publisher: Simon & BrownLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/04/2012Pages: 364Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.07lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.75d

"A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" is a satirical novel written by the famend American writer Mark Twain. The story follows the adventures of Hank Morgan, a practical and forward-questioning engineer from Connecticut who, after a head harm, inexplicably reveals himself transported again...

Hank Morgan, from Connecticut is transported back in time to the court of King Arthur, where he pretends he is a magicianAuthor: Mark TwainISBN-10: 1507683847ISBN-13: 9781507683842Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/23/2015Pages: 262Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.63lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.59d

A nineteenth century American travels back in time to sixth century England in this darkly comic social satire. Hank Morgan is the pinnacle of nineteenth century Yankee practicality. After getting hit over the head with a crowbar in a brawl, he awakens to find...

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...

Hank Morgan is a 19th-century resident of Hartford, Connecticut, who, after a blow to the head, awakens to find himself inexplicably transported back in time to early medieval England where he meets King Arthur himself. Hank, who had an image of that time that...

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Hank Morgan is a 19th-century resident of Hartford, Connecticut, who, after a blow to the head, awakens to find himself inexplicably transported back in time to early medieval England where he meets King Arthur himself. Hank, who had an image of that time that...

First published in 1889, "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" was inspired by a dream in which the author, Mark Twain, imagined himself as knight in the time of chivalry. The book relates the tale of Hank Morgan, an engineer from 19th century...

Mark Twain was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in Florida, Missouri, on November 30, 1835. Apprenticed to a printer, he left home at 17 and lived as a freelance typesetter, with stints as a steamboat pilot, prospector, soldier and eventually a journalist. After traveling in...

This novel of Mark Twain's -- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court -- gives us an odd view of the American literary genius: it shows is bent twoward science fictional. Twain wrote the book as a burlesque of Romantic notions of chivalry after...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Mark Twain moves from broad comedy to biting social satire in this literary classic. Cracked on the head by a crowbar in nineteenth-century Connecticut, Hank Morgan wakes to find himself in King Arthur's England. After using his knoweldge of an upcoming solar eclipse to...

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is one of Mark Twain's most ambitious and well-known novels, first published in 1889. Main character Hank Morgan is a 19th Century businessman who is transported back in time to King Arthur's court where he meets legendary...

A Connecticut Yankee is Mark Twain's most ambitious work, a tour de force with a science-fiction plot told in the racy slang of a Hartford workingman, sparkling with literary hijinks as well as social and political satire. Mark Twain characterized his novel as one...