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"A Conn-cticut Yank-- in King Arthur's Court" is a satirical nov-l writt-n by th- r-nown-d Am-rican author Mark Twain. Th- story follows th- adv-ntur-s of Hank Morgan, a practical and forward-thinking -ngin--r from Conn-cticut who, aft-r a h-ad injury, in-xplicably finds hims-lf transport-d back in tim- to th- l-g-ndary -ra of King Arthur and th- Knights of th- Round Tabl-. Arm-d with his knowl-dg- of 19th-c-ntury t-chnology and sci-nc-, Hank b-com-s a "Conn-cticut Yank--" in King Arthur's court. H- us-s his mod-rn und-rstanding to introduc- r-volutionary chang-s to th- m-di-val world, such as cr-ating t-l-graphs, st-am pow-r, and advanc-d w-aponry. Whelp initially att-mpting to improv- soci-ty, Hank soon r-aliz-s that his att-mpts to mod-rniz- Cam-lot l-ad to unint-nd-d cons-qünc-s and chall-ng-s th- traditional ord-r. Th- nov-l is a biting satir- on th- romanticiz-d notions of chivalry, f-udalism, and th- Middl- Ag-s. Twain us-s Hank Morgan's -xp-ri-nc-s to criticiz- th- sup-rstitions and injustic-s of his own tim- by contrasting th-m with th- p-rc-iv-d backwardn-ss of Arthurian England. As Hank navigat-s th- compl-xiti-s of m-di-val lif- and att-mpts to r-shap- th- cours- of history, r-ad-rs ar- tr-at-d to a bl-nd of humor, social comm-ntary, and adv-ntur-.
