Track | Section | Length |
01 | PREFACE | 18:54 |
02 | CHAPTER I. CAMELOT | 6:24 |
03 | CHAPTER II. KING ARTHUR'S COURT | 14:00 |
04 | CHAPTER III. KNIGHTS OF THE TABLE ROUND | 15:22 |
05 | CHAPTER IV. SIR DINADAN THE HUMORIST | 7:51 |
06 | CHAPTER V. AN INSPIRATION | 13:42 |
07 | CHAPTER VI. THE ECLIPSE | 16:04 |
08 | CHAPTER VII. MERLIN'S TOWER | 16:32 |
09 | CHAPTER VIII. THE BOSS | 16:08 |
10 | CHAPTER IX. THE TOURNAMENT | 16:24 |
11 | CHAPTER X. BEGINNINGS OF CIVILIZATION | 11:29 |
12 | CHAPTER XI. THE YANKEE IN SEARCH OF ADVENTURES | 20:55 |
13 | CHAPTER XII. SLOW TORTURE | 11:25 |
14 | CHAPTER XIII. FREEMEN! | 21:52 |
15 | CHAPTER XIV. "DEFEND THEE LORD! | 9:44 |
16 | CHAPTER XV. SANDY'S TALE | 20:41 |
17 | CHAPTER XVI. MORGAN LE FAY | 15:55 |
18 | CHAPTER XVII. A ROYAL BANQUET | 22:28 |
19 | CHAPTER XVIII. IN THE QUEEN'S DUNGEONS | 26:32 |
20 | CHAPTER XIX. KNIGHT ERRANTRY AS A TRADE | 8:11 |
21 | CHAPTER XX. THE OGRE'S CASTLE | 18:35 |
22 | CHAPTER XXI. THE PILGRIMS | 30:06 |
23 | CHAPTER XXII. THE HOLY FOUNTAIN | 25:16 |
24 | CHAPTER XXIII. RESTORATION OF THE FOUNTAIN | 18:52 |
25 | CHAPTER XXIV. A RIVAL MAGICIAN | 24:31 |
26 | CHAPTER XXV. A COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION | 28:33 |
27 | CHAPTER XXVI. THE FIRST NEWSPAPER | 22:38 |
28 | CHAPTER XXVII. THE YANKEE AND THE KING TRAVEL INCOGNITO | 19:06 |
29 | CHAPTER XXVIII. DRILLING THE KING | 12:10 |
30 | CHAPTER XXIX. THE SMALL-POX HUT | 17:26 |
31 | CHAPTER XXX. THE TRAGEDY OF THE MANOR-HOUSE | 24:28 |
32 | CHAPTER XXXI. MARCO | 16:34 |
33 | CHAPTER XXXII. DOWLEY'S HUMILIATION | 16:18 |
34 | CHAPTER XXXIII. SIXTH CENTURY POLITICAL ECONOMY | 29:14 |
35 | CHAPTER XXXIV. THE YANKEE AND THE KING SOLD AS SLAVES | 27:28 |
36 | CHAPTER XXXV. A PITIFUL INCIDENT | 19:40 |
37 | CHAPTER XXXVI. AN ENCOUNTER IN THE DARK | 9:31 |
38 | CHAPTER XXXVII. AN AWFUL PREDICAMENT | 17:02 |
39 | CHAPTER XXXVIII. SIR LAUNCELOT AND KNIGHTS TO THE RESCUE | 6:52 |
40 | CHAPTER XXXIX. THE YANKEE'S FIGHT WITH THE KNIGHTS | 24:48 |
41 | CHAPTER XL. THREE YEARS LATER | 18:55 |
42 | CHAPTER XLI. THE INTERDICT | 10:44 |
43 | CHAPTER XLII. WAR! | 27:01 |
44 | CHAPTER XLIII. THE BATTLE OF THE SAND-BELT | 31:50 |
45 | CHAPTER XLIV. A POSTSCRIPT BY CLARENCE | 10:11 |
Notes
Running Time: 13 hours and 42 minutes
Read by: Steve Anderson
Book Coordinator: Steve Andersen
Meta Coordinator: Betsie Bush
Artwork
Cover: Illustration from title page of The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights 1912., 9th edition. Ed. Sir James Knowles, K. C. V. O. London
DVD Inset: Portrait of Mark Twain (1907) taken by A. F. Bradley
DVD Insert: "Knight in armor tilting at man in modern dress in tree onto which a man in modern dress has climbed for refuge" by Daniel Carter Beard (1859–1941) Published as frontispiece in: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court / Samuel Clemens. New York : Charles L. Webster & Co., 1889.
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Hank Morgan, an engineer living in Hartford, Connecticut in the late 19th century, gets knocked out after a blow to the head and wakes up in early medieval England during the time of King Arthur. So begins the comic satire of Mark Twain’s A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, published in 1889. Discovered by a knight, he is brought to court at Camelot, where he deduces that he has an abundance of knowledge unknown to the natives and so represents himself as a magician. Initially condemned by the court, notably Merlin, to be burned at the stake, he threatens to blot out the sun, knowing that a solar eclipse is imminent. Awed by his power, he is released and manages to become “The Boss” - the second most powerful person in the kingdom and an arch rival of Merlin. He proceeds to industrialize the country and educate the peasantry behind the backs of the ruling class, with whom he domes into conflict time and again, using his wits to outdo them and become the effective leader of Camelot. The final challenge occurs when the Catholic Church tricks him unto leaving the country and publishes an Interdict causing the populace to break away and revolt, and sends 30,000 knights. He organizes a cadre of 52 teenage cadets to defend against the attack, hunkering down in Merlin’s cave with electric wire, mines, and Gatling guns. Needless to say, the Catholic knights are all killed, but Hank and his rangers are trapped in the cave by the mountain of carnage and suffer disease. So it goes. Using plots and gags worthy of Mel Brooks or the Marx Brothers, Twain manages to deflate the romantic notions of chivalry and pretensions of caste that he saw informing the character of the Old South that, in turn, helped foster the tragedy of the Civil War.
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Item Info | |
EAN - DVD case | 0684758936271 |
EAN - CD jacket | 0687700169697 |
Media | MP3 CD |
Package | DVD box |
Author | Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) |
Year | 1889 |
Recording | |
Read by | Steve Anderson |
Length | 13 hours 38 minutes |
Type of Reading | Solo |
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
- Author: Mark Twain
- Product Code: DB-1026
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