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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... Read Full Overview

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is the 1889 novel by the famous author Mark Twain. The story is about a "Yankee" engineer from Connecticut that is accidentally transported back in space and time to the court of King Arthur and his use of technological knowledge to... Read Full Overview

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 realises that... Read Full Overview

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 had been colored... Read Full Overview

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is an 1889 novel by the 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... Read Full Overview

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 tragedy... Read Full Overview