A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Complete Edition). Марк Твен

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Автор произведения Марк Твен
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       Mark Twain

      A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

      (Complete Edition)

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      ISBN 978-80-272-4533-8

       Preface

       Chapter I. Camelot

       Chapter II. King Arthur's Court

       Chapter III. Knights of the Table Round

       Chapter IV. Sir Dinadan the Humorist

       Chapter V. An Inspiration

       Chapter VI. The Eclipse

       Chapter VII. Merlin's Tower

       Chapter VIII. The Boss

       Chapter IX. The Tournament

       Chapter X. Beginnings of Civilization

       Chapter XI. The Yankee in Search of Adventures

       Chapter XII. Slow Torture

       Chapter XIII. Freemen

       Chapter XIV. "Defend Thee, Lord"

       Chapter XV. Sandy's Tale

       Chapter XVI. Morgan Le Fay

       Chapter XVII. A Royal Banquet

       Chapter XVIII. In the Queen's Dungeons

       Chapter XIX. Knight-Errantry as a Trade

       Chapter XX. The Ogre's Castle

       Chapter XXI. The Pilgrims

       Chapter XXII. The Holy Fountain

       Chapter XXIII. Restoration of the Fountain

       Chapter XXIV. A Rival Magician

       Chapter XXV. A Competitive Examination

       Chapter XXVI. The First Newspaper

       Chapter XXVII. The Yankee and the King Travel Incognito

       Chapter XXVIII. Drilling the King

       Chapter XXIX. The Smallpox Hut

       Chapter XXX. The Tragedy of the Manor-House

       Chapter XXXI. Marco

       Chapter XXXII. Dowley's Humiliation

       Chapter XXXIII. Sixth Century Political Economy

       Chapter XXXIV. The Yankee and the King Sold as Slaves

       Chapter XXXV. A Pitiful Incident

       Chapter XXXVI. An Encounter in the Dark

       Chapter XXXVII. An Awful Predicament

       Chapter XXXVIII. Sir Launcelot and Knights to the Rescue

       Chapter XXXIX. The Yankee's Fight with the Knights

       Chapter XL. Three Years Later

       Chapter XLI. The Interdict

       Chapter XLII. War!

       Chapter XLIII. The Battle of the Sand Belt

       Chapter XLIV. A Postscript by Clarence

      Preface

       Table of Contents

      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