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

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When a 19th century engineer named Hank suffers a head injury, he accidentally travels through time and space and becomes stranded in the 6th century under King Arthur's reign. Primarily set in medieval times, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain is a comedic novel with elements of science fiction and reflection on social and political topics.
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Additional ISBN/GTIN9781513276151
Product TypeE-book
BindingE-book
FormatEPUB
Format noteDRM Adobe
PublisherMint Editions
Publishing date21/05/2021
SeriesMint Editions (Scientific and Speculative Fiction)
Pages298 pages
LanguageEnglish
File size1670 Kbytes
Article no.9983359
CatalogsVC
Data source no.4283661
Product groupBelletristik
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Mark Twain (1835-1910) was an American humorist, novelist, and lecturer. Born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, he was raised in Hannibal, Missouri, a setting which would serve as inspiration for some of his most famous works. After an apprenticeship at a local printer's shop, he worked as a typesetter and contributor for a newspaper run by his brother Orion. Before embarking on a career as a professional writer, Twain spent time as a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi and as a miner in Nevada. In 1865, inspired by a story he heard at Angels Camp, California, he published "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," earning him international acclaim for his abundant wit and mastery of American English. He spent the next decade publishing works of travel literature, satirical stories and essays, and his first novel, The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (1873). In 1876, he published The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, a novel about a mischievous young boy growing up on the banks of the Mississippi River. In 1884 he released a direct sequel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which follows one of Tom's friends on an epic adventure through the heart of the American South. Addressing themes of race, class, history, and politics, Twain captures the joys and sorrows of boyhood while exposing and condemning American racism. Despite his immense success as a writer and popular lecturer, Twain struggled with debt and bankruptcy toward the end of his life, but managed to repay his creditors in full by the time of his passing at age 74. Curiously, Twain's birth and death coincided with the appearance of Halley's Comet, a fitting tribute to a visionary writer whose steady sense of morality survived some of the darkest periods of American history.