A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court[亚瑟王法庭中的康涅狄格美国佬]

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作者: , (Other)
1972-02
版次: 1
ISBN: 9780140430646
定价: 74.60
装帧: 平装
开本: 其他
纸张: 其他
页数: 416页
正文语种: 英语
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  • AConnecticutYankeeinKingArthur'sCourtbyMarkTwain.Ahumorousaccountofa19thCenturyman(HankMorgan)takenbackintimetoliveduringKingArthur'sreign.FollowHankinthisclassicadventureasheapplies19thCenturyinnovationstoastound,eventhefamousMerlin.

    AblowontheheadtransportsaYankeeto528A.D.whereheproceedstomodernizeKingArthur'skingdombyorganizingaschoolsystem,constructingtelephonelines,andinventingtheprintingpress. MarkTwain
    Riverboatpilot,journalist,failedbusinessman(severaltimesover):SamuelClemens--themanbehindthefigureof“MarkTwain”--ledmanylives.ButitwasinhisnovelsandshortstoriesthathecreatedavoiceandanoutlookonlifethatwillbeforeveridentifiedwiththeAmericancharacter.

    Biography
    MarkTwainwasbornSamuelLanghorneClemensonNovember30,1835,inFlorida,Missouri;hisfamilymovedtotheporttownofHannibalfouryearslater.Hisfather,anunsuccessfulfarmer,diedwhenTwainwaseleven.Soonafterwardtheboybeganworkingasanapprenticeprinter,andbyagesixteenhewaswritingnewspapersketches.HeleftHannibalateighteentoworkasanitinerantprinterinNewYork,Philadelphia,St.Louis,andCincinnati.From1857to1861heworkedonMississippisteamboats,advancingfromcubpilottolicensedpilot.AfterrivershippingwasinterruptedbytheCivilWar,TwainheadedwestwithhisbrotherOrion,whohadbeenappointedsecretarytotheNevadaTerritory.SettlinginCarsonCity,hetriedhisluckatprospectingandwrotehumorouspiecesforarangeofnewspapers.AroundthistimehefirstbeganusingthepseudonymMarkTwain,derivedfromariverboatterm.RelocatingtoSanFrancisco,hebecamearegularnewspapercorrespondentandacontributortotheliterarymagazinetheGoldenEra.Hemadeafive-monthjourneytoHawaiiin1866andthefollowingyeartraveledtoEuropetoreportonthefirstorganizedtouristcruise.TheCelebratedJumpingFrogofCalaverasCountyandOtherSketches(1867)consolidatedhisgrowingreputationashumoristandlecturer.AfterhismarriagetoLivyLangdon,TwainsettledfirstinBuffalo,NewYork,andthenfortwodecadesinHartford,Connecticut.HisEuropeansketcheswereexpandedintoTheInnocentsAbroad(1869),followedbyRoughingIt(1872),anaccountofhisWesternadventures;bothwereenormouslysuccessful.Twain'sliterarytriumphswereoffsetbyoftenill-advisedbusinessdealings(hesankthousandsofdollars,forinstance,inafailedattempttodevelopanewkindoftypesettingmachine,andthousandsmoreintohisownultimatelyunsuccessfulpublishinghouse)andunrestrainedspendingthatlefthiminfrequentfinancialdifficulty,apatternthatwastopersistthroughouthislife.FollowingTheGildedAge(1873),writtenincollaborationwithCharlesDudleyWarner,TwainbeganaliteraryexplorationofhischildhoodmemoriesoftheMississippi,resultinginatrioofmasterpieces--TheAdventuresofTomSawyer(1876),LifeontheMississippi(1883),andfinallyTheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn(1885),onwhichhehadbeenworkingfornearlyadecade.Anothervein,ofhistoricalromance,foundexpressioninThePrinceandthePauper(1882),thesatiricalAConnecticutYankeeinKingArthur'sCourt(1889),andPersonalRecollectionsofJoanofArc(1896),whilehecontinuedtodrawonhistravelexperiencesinATrampAbroad(1880)andFollowingtheEquator(1897).HiscloseassociatesintheseyearsincludedWilliamDeanHowells,BretHarte,andGeorgeWashingtonCable,aswellasthedyingUlyssesS.Grant,whomTwainencouragedtocompletehismemoirs,publishedbyTwain'spublishingcompanyin1885.Formostofthe1890sTwainlivedinEurope,ashislifetookadarkerturnwiththedeathofhisdaughterSusyin1896andtheworseningillnessofhisdaughterJean.ThetoneofTwain'swritingalsoturnedprogressivelymorebitter.TheTragedyofPudd'nheadWilson(1894),adetectivestoryhingingontheconsequencesofslavery,wasfollowedbypowerfulanti-imperialistandanticolonialstatementssuchas'TothePersonSittinginDarkness'(1901),'TheWarPrayer'(1905),and'KingLeopold'sSoliloquy'(1905),andbythepessimisticsketchescollectedintheprivatelypublishedWhatIsMan?(1906).TheunfinishednovelTheMysteriousStrangerwasperhapsthemostuncompromisinglydarkofallTwain'slaterworks.Inhislastyears,hisfinancialtroublesfinallyresolved,TwainsettlednearRedding,Connecticut,anddiedinhismansion,Stormfield,onApril21,1910.AuthorbiographycourtesyofRandomHouse,Inc. Introduction:"ALandWithoutChromos"ix
    Prefacexxix
    AWordofExplanationxxxi
    Chapter1Camelot1
    Chapter2KingArthur'sCourt7
    Chapter3KnightsoftheTableRound17
    Chapter4SirDinadantheHumorist27
    Chapter5AnInspiration33
    Chapter
  • 内容简介:
    AConnecticutYankeeinKingArthur'sCourtbyMarkTwain.Ahumorousaccountofa19thCenturyman(HankMorgan)takenbackintimetoliveduringKingArthur'sreign.FollowHankinthisclassicadventureasheapplies19thCenturyinnovationstoastound,eventhefamousMerlin.

    AblowontheheadtransportsaYankeeto528A.D.whereheproceedstomodernizeKingArthur'skingdombyorganizingaschoolsystem,constructingtelephonelines,andinventingtheprintingpress.
  • 作者简介:
    MarkTwain
    Riverboatpilot,journalist,failedbusinessman(severaltimesover):SamuelClemens--themanbehindthefigureof“MarkTwain”--ledmanylives.ButitwasinhisnovelsandshortstoriesthathecreatedavoiceandanoutlookonlifethatwillbeforeveridentifiedwiththeAmericancharacter.

    Biography
    MarkTwainwasbornSamuelLanghorneClemensonNovember30,1835,inFlorida,Missouri;hisfamilymovedtotheporttownofHannibalfouryearslater.Hisfather,anunsuccessfulfarmer,diedwhenTwainwaseleven.Soonafterwardtheboybeganworkingasanapprenticeprinter,andbyagesixteenhewaswritingnewspapersketches.HeleftHannibalateighteentoworkasanitinerantprinterinNewYork,Philadelphia,St.Louis,andCincinnati.From1857to1861heworkedonMississippisteamboats,advancingfromcubpilottolicensedpilot.AfterrivershippingwasinterruptedbytheCivilWar,TwainheadedwestwithhisbrotherOrion,whohadbeenappointedsecretarytotheNevadaTerritory.SettlinginCarsonCity,hetriedhisluckatprospectingandwrotehumorouspiecesforarangeofnewspapers.AroundthistimehefirstbeganusingthepseudonymMarkTwain,derivedfromariverboatterm.RelocatingtoSanFrancisco,hebecamearegularnewspapercorrespondentandacontributortotheliterarymagazinetheGoldenEra.Hemadeafive-monthjourneytoHawaiiin1866andthefollowingyeartraveledtoEuropetoreportonthefirstorganizedtouristcruise.TheCelebratedJumpingFrogofCalaverasCountyandOtherSketches(1867)consolidatedhisgrowingreputationashumoristandlecturer.AfterhismarriagetoLivyLangdon,TwainsettledfirstinBuffalo,NewYork,andthenfortwodecadesinHartford,Connecticut.HisEuropeansketcheswereexpandedintoTheInnocentsAbroad(1869),followedbyRoughingIt(1872),anaccountofhisWesternadventures;bothwereenormouslysuccessful.Twain'sliterarytriumphswereoffsetbyoftenill-advisedbusinessdealings(hesankthousandsofdollars,forinstance,inafailedattempttodevelopanewkindoftypesettingmachine,andthousandsmoreintohisownultimatelyunsuccessfulpublishinghouse)andunrestrainedspendingthatlefthiminfrequentfinancialdifficulty,apatternthatwastopersistthroughouthislife.FollowingTheGildedAge(1873),writtenincollaborationwithCharlesDudleyWarner,TwainbeganaliteraryexplorationofhischildhoodmemoriesoftheMississippi,resultinginatrioofmasterpieces--TheAdventuresofTomSawyer(1876),LifeontheMississippi(1883),andfinallyTheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn(1885),onwhichhehadbeenworkingfornearlyadecade.Anothervein,ofhistoricalromance,foundexpressioninThePrinceandthePauper(1882),thesatiricalAConnecticutYankeeinKingArthur'sCourt(1889),andPersonalRecollectionsofJoanofArc(1896),whilehecontinuedtodrawonhistravelexperiencesinATrampAbroad(1880)andFollowingtheEquator(1897).HiscloseassociatesintheseyearsincludedWilliamDeanHowells,BretHarte,andGeorgeWashingtonCable,aswellasthedyingUlyssesS.Grant,whomTwainencouragedtocompletehismemoirs,publishedbyTwain'spublishingcompanyin1885.Formostofthe1890sTwainlivedinEurope,ashislifetookadarkerturnwiththedeathofhisdaughterSusyin1896andtheworseningillnessofhisdaughterJean.ThetoneofTwain'swritingalsoturnedprogressivelymorebitter.TheTragedyofPudd'nheadWilson(1894),adetectivestoryhingingontheconsequencesofslavery,wasfollowedbypowerfulanti-imperialistandanticolonialstatementssuchas'TothePersonSittinginDarkness'(1901),'TheWarPrayer'(1905),and'KingLeopold'sSoliloquy'(1905),andbythepessimisticsketchescollectedintheprivatelypublishedWhatIsMan?(1906).TheunfinishednovelTheMysteriousStrangerwasperhapsthemostuncompromisinglydarkofallTwain'slaterworks.Inhislastyears,hisfinancialtroublesfinallyresolved,TwainsettlednearRedding,Connecticut,anddiedinhismansion,Stormfield,onApril21,1910.AuthorbiographycourtesyofRandomHouse,Inc.
  • 目录:
    Introduction:"ALandWithoutChromos"ix
    Prefacexxix
    AWordofExplanationxxxi
    Chapter1Camelot1
    Chapter2KingArthur'sCourt7
    Chapter3KnightsoftheTableRound17
    Chapter4SirDinadantheHumorist27
    Chapter5AnInspiration33
    Chapter
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