A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 1.

A CONNECTICUT YANKEE, By Twain, Part 1.
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A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT
by
MARK TWAIN
(Samuel L. Clemens)
Part 1.
CONTENTS:
CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER V. CHAPTER VI. CAMELOT KING ARTHUR'S COURT KNIGHTS OF THE TABLE ROUND SIR DINADAN THE HUMORIST AN INSPIRATION THE ECLIPSE
PREFACE
The ungentle laws and customs touched upon in this tale are historical, and the episodes which are used to illustrate them are also historical. It is not pretended that these laws and customs existed in England in the sixth century; no, it is only pretended that inasmuch as they existed in the English and other civilizations of far later times, it is safe to consider that it is no libel upon the sixth century to suppose them to have been in practice in that day also. One is quite justified in inferring that ...