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Mark TwainA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (version 2) (May 3, 2008)

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LibriVox recording of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, by Mark Twain. Read by John Greenman.

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is an 1889 novel by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. The work is a very early example of time travel in literature, anticipating by six years H. G. Wells' The Time Machine of 1895 (however, unlike Wells, Twain does not give any real explanation of his protagonist's traveling in time). Some early editions are entitled A Yankee at the Court of King Arthur. (Summary by Wikipedia)

M4B audiobook of complete book

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This audio is part of the collection: The LibriVox Free Audiobook Collection
It also belongs to collections: Audio Books & Poetry; Community Audio

Artist/Composer: Mark Twain
Date: 2008-05-03
Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text
Keywords: librivox; literature; audiobooks; humor; time travel; twain; adventure

Creative Commons license: Public Domain


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01 Preface and Camelot 20.0 MB
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02 - King Arthurs's Court 11.5 MB
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03 - Knigts Of The Table Round 12.3 MB
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04 - Sir Dinadan The Humorist 7.0 MB
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05 - An Inspiration 11.0 MB
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06 - The Eclipse 13.5 MB
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07 - Merlin's Tower 13.6 MB
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08 - The Boss 13.3 MB
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09 - The Tournament 12.7 MB
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10 - Beginnings of Civilization 9.3 MB
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11 - The Yankee in Search of Adventures 15.5 MB
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12 - Slow Torture 9.1 MB
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13 - Freeman 16.8 MB
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14 - Defend Thee Lord 7.7 MB
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15 - Sandy's Tale 16.1 MB
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16 - Morgan LeFay 13.2 MB
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17 - A Royal Banquet 17.2 MB
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18 - In the Queen's Dungeons 21.5 MB
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19 - Knight-Errantry as a trade 6.7 MB
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20 - The Ogre's Castle 13.9 MB
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21 - The Pilgrims 24.1 MB
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22 - The Holy Fountain 20.5 MB
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23 - Restoration of the Fountain 15.9 MB
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24 - A Rival Magician 19.9 MB
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25 - A Competitive Examination 24.2 MB
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26 - The First Newspaper 18.9 MB
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27 - The Yankee and t 15.4 MB
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28 - Drilling the King 9.0 MB
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29 - The Smallpox Hut 12.6 MB
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30 - The Tragedy of the Manor House 18.5 MB
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31 - Marco 14.1 MB
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32 - Dowley's Humliation 13.1 MB
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33 - Sixth Century Political Economy 23.2 MB
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34 - The Yankee and the King Sold as Slaves 21.6 MB
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35 - A Pitiful Incident 15.1 MB
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36 - An Encounter in the Dark 7.6 MB
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37 - An Awful Predicament 13.3 MB
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38 - Sir Launcelot and Knights to he Rescue 5.2 MB
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39 - The Yankee's Fight with the Knights 19.9 MB
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40 - Three Years Later 14.6 MB
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41 - The Interdict 8.1 MB
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42 - War! 20.6 MB
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43 - The Battle of the Sand-Belt 25.0 MB
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44 - A Postscript by Clarence 7.6 MB
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Reviewer: jxchristopher - 5.00 out of 5 stars5.00 out of 5 stars5.00 out of 5 stars5.00 out of 5 stars5.00 out of 5 stars - May 3, 2010
Subject: Another great Twain reading by John Greenman
LibriVox reader John Greenman again lends his voice to a Twain favorite.

The length of the story somewhat outstrips its subject matter and many of the author's points are belabored and overstated. Overall, however, a work worthy of the tag "classic."

Go LibriVox!

Reviewer: prat - 5.00 out of 5 stars5.00 out of 5 stars5.00 out of 5 stars5.00 out of 5 stars5.00 out of 5 stars - September 23, 2009
Subject: Great reading
Thoroughly enjoyed the reading

Reviewer: icyjumbo - 5.00 out of 5 stars5.00 out of 5 stars5.00 out of 5 stars5.00 out of 5 stars5.00 out of 5 stars - July 25, 2008
Subject: A very characterful reading
I have long thought I ought to read A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, but have never got around to it. When I saw that a recording from LibriVox was available I decided to add it to my queue. I've enjoyed most of the Mark Twain I have read, and I expected to enjoy this too.

The story I actually found quite disappointing. The tone is quite didactic, and the references to "modern" times are too obvious to miss, and too clunky to fit easily into the story. I would have stopped listening if it hadn't been for the superb quality of John Greenman's reading. The characters are subtly, but distinctly, voiced. Hank has an appropriately bossy, cocksure tone, leavened occasionally with wonderful notes of irony. The people from King Arthur's time sound suitably naive and credulous. Old people sound old, young people sound young, nobles sound arrogant, and poor people sound beaten down. I can't recommend this reading highly enough.


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