A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court | A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court

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Author: Mark Twain
First Published: 1889
Type of Work: Novel
Type of Plot: Social satire
Time of Work: Late nineteenth and early sixth centuries
Setting: England
Principal Characters: Hank Morgan, Clarence, King Arthur, Sandy (Alisande), Sir Sagramour le Desirous, Merlin
Genres: Long fiction, Satire, Fantasy, Arthurian romance
Subjects: Magic or magicians, Politics, Nineteenth century, Social issues, New England, England or English people, Time travel, Kings, queens, or royalty, Legends, Fantasy, Middle Ages, Sixth century, Inventions or inventors, Knights or knighthood, Feudalism, Royal courts or courtiers, Chivalry
Locales: England, New England, Hartford, CT

Struck on the head during a quarrel in a New England arms factory, a skilled Yankee mechanic (later identified as Hank Morgan) awoke to find himself being prodded by the lance of an armored knight on horseback. The knight was Sir Kay Seneschal of King Arthur’s Round Table and the time was June, 528 c.e., in England. So a foppish young page named Clarence informed the incredulous Hank as the knight took him to white-towered Camelot. Remembering that there had been a total eclipse of the sun on June 21, 528, Hank decided that should the eclipse take place, he would...

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court | A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court

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