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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court

Mark Twain · 1889

An American engineer wakes up in King Arthur’s England and sets about modernizing it.

About 5.0 new words in every 100 · 52 parts

Contents

  1. Imprint
  2. Preface10 new words
  3. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court
  4. A Word of Explanation8 new words
  5. I: Camelot11 new words
  6. II: King Arthur’s Court10 new words
  7. III: Knights of the Table Round6 new words
  8. IV: Sir Dinadan the Humorist11 new words
  9. V: An Inspiration6 new words
  10. VI: The Eclipse6 new words
  11. VII: Merlin’s Tower9 new words
  12. VIII: The Boss9 new words
  13. IX: The Tournament11 new words
  14. X: Beginnings of Civilization11 new words
  15. XI: The Yankee in Search of Adventures8 new words
  16. XII: Slow Torture8 new words
  17. XIII: Freemen!8 new words
  18. XIV: “Defend Thee, Lord!”12 new words
  19. XV: Sandy’s Tale6 new words
  20. XVI: Morgan le Fay7 new words
  21. XVII: A Royal Banquet8 new words
  22. XVIII: In the Queen’s Dungeons10 new words
  23. XIX: Knight-Errantry as a Trade11 new words
  24. XX: The Ogre’s Castle7 new words
  25. XXI: The Pilgrims6 new words
  26. XXII: The Holy Fountain6 new words
  27. XXIII: Restoration of the Fountain6 new words
  28. XXIV: A Rival Magician7 new words
  29. XXV: A Competitive Examination7 new words
  30. XXVI: The First Newspaper6 new words
  31. XXVII: The Yankee and the King Travel Incognito6 new words
  32. XXVIII: Drilling the King10 new words
  33. XXIX: The Smallpox Hut8 new words
  34. XXX: The Tragedy of the Manor-House6 new words
  35. XXXI: Marco11 new words
  36. XXXII: Dowley’s Humiliation6 new words
  37. XXXIII: Sixth Century Political Economy6 new words
  38. XXXIV: The Yankee and the King Sold as Slaves7 new words
  39. XXXV: A Pitiful Incident11 new words
  40. XXXVI: An Encounter in the Dark11 new words
  41. XXXVII: An Awful Predicament10 new words
  42. XXXVIII: Sir Launcelot and Knights to the Rescue10 new words
  43. XXXIX: The Yankee’s Fight with the Knights6 new words
  44. XL: Three Years Later6 new words
  45. XLI: The Interdict12 new words
  46. XLII: War!6 new words
  47. XLIII: The Battle of the Sand-Belt6 new words
  48. XLIV: A Postscript by Clarence12 new words
  49. Final P.S. by M. T.12 new words
  50. Endnotes
  51. Colophon
  52. Uncopyright

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