The Prince & the Pauper + A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. + Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc: 3 Unabridged ClassicsBy Mark Twain
Length38h 50m
About this audiobook
Bringing together The Prince and the Pauper and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, this volume showcases Mark Twain's enduring fascination with mistaken identity, historical imagination, and the absurdities of inherited power. The former, set in Tudor England, uses the exchanged lives of a beggar and a prince to examine justice, class, and moral education; the latter sends a nineteenth-century American mechanic into Arthurian Britain, where technological confidence collides with feudal superstition. Both works blend adventure, satire, and comic irony, placing popular narrative forms in dialogue with serious critiques of monarchy, romantic medievalism, and social inequality. Mark Twain, born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in 1835, drew upon a life shaped by journalism, travel, frontier culture, and democratic skepticism. His suspicion of pretension and authority, sharpened by post-Civil War America and the rise of industrial modernity, informs these historical fantasies. Beneath their wit lies a writer deeply alert to cruelty, institutional hypocrisy, and the limits of progress. This pairing is ideal for readers interested in Twain beyond the Mississippi novels. It offers brisk storytelling, intellectual bite, and a revealing study of how fantasy can expose the political myths of both past and present.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- The Author Biography highlights personal milestones and literary influences that shape the entire body of writing.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★★ 4.6 (12)
Includes Amazon
GenreLiterary Classics, Historical Fiction
Length38 hrs 50 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 27, 2014
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Prince & the Pauper + A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Annotated)
2Introduction
3Author Biography
4Historical Context
5Synopsis (Selection)
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6The Prince and the Pauper + A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court + Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc
7THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER
8Chapter X. The Prince in the toils.
9Chapter XI. At Guildhall.
10Chapter XII. The Prince and his deliverer.
11Chapter XIII. The disappearance of the Prince.
12Chapter XIV. ‘Le Roi est mort — vive le Roi.’
13Chapter XV. Tom as King.
14Chapter XVI. The State Dinner.
15Chapter XVII. Foo-foo the First.
16Chapter XVIII. The Prince with the tramps.
17Chapter XIX. The Prince with the peasants.
18Chapter XX. The Prince and the hermit.
19Chapter XXI. Hendon to the rescue.
20Chapter XXII. A victim of treachery.
21Chapter XXIII. The Prince a prisoner.
22Chapter XXIV. The escape.
23Chapter XXV. Hendon Hall.
24Chapter XXVI. Disowned.
25Chapter XXVII. In prison.
26Chapter XXVIII. The sacrifice.
27Chapter XXIX. To London.
28Chapter XXX. Tom’s progress.
29Chapter XXXI. The Recognition procession.
30Chapter XXXII. Coronation Day.
31Chapter XXXIII. Edward as King.
32Conclusion. Justice and retribution.
33TWAIN’S NOTES
34GENERAL NOTE.
35A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR’S COURT (pt. 1)
36A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR’S COURT (pt. 2)
37CHAPTER XVII
38CHAPTER XVIII
39CHAPTER XIX
40CHAPTER XX
41CHAPTER XXI
42CHAPTER XXII
43CHAPTER XXIII
44CHAPTER XXIV
45CHAPTER XXV
46CHAPTER XXVI
47CHAPTER XXVII
48CHAPTER XXVIII
49CHAPTER XXIX
50CHAPTER XXX
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