A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT, Vol. 16
by MARK TWAIN - Author's National Edition,
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NY: HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS, 1899. HARDCOVER. GOOD. Publisher : Harper & Brothers Publishers (January 1, 1917) Hardcover : 408 pages Item Weight : 1.01 pounds No cracking on spine, pages secure, tanned. Deckle page edges You know about transmigration of souls; do you know about transposition of epochs - and bodies?' So Hank Morgan, mechanic and factory supervisor from Hartford, Connecticut, introduces his strange history, which begins when he wakes up to find himself in sixth-century England. And so Mark Twain introduces us to the results - satiric, satanic, anguished and anarchic - of an imaginary confrontation between the new, nineteenth-century America and Olde England. Rich comedy and extravagant romance permeate the narrative, but these are undercut by a darkness and a depth of seriousness which give the work an ambivalence - the product of Twain's own divided attitude. A benign fantasy becomes an apocalyptic vision of terrifying violence and destruction. A Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur's Court is a superbly entertaining novel. It is also a profoundly disturbing one.
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- BookQuest (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 80144
- Title
- A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT, Vol. 16
- Author
- MARK TWAIN - Author's National Edition,
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - GOOD
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1899
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