Mark Twain

First published: 1889

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Table of Contents

Literary Elements
• Setting
• Character List
• Conflict
• Short Plot / Chapter Summary (Synopsis)
• Themes
• Mood
• Mark Twain - Biography
• Literary/Historical Information

Chapter Summaries with Notes / Analysis
• A Word of Explanation
• Chapter 1 - Camelot
• Chapter 2 - King Arthur's Court
• Chapter 3 - Knights of the Round Table
• Chapter 4 - Sir Dinaden the Humerist
• Chapter 5 - An Inspiration
• Chapter 6 - The Eclipse
• Chapter 7 - Merlin's Tower
• Chapter 8 - The Boss
• Chapter 9 - The Tournament
• Chapter 10 - Beginning of Civilization
• Chapter 11 - The Yankee in Search of Adventures
• Chapter 12 - Slow Torture
• Chapter 13 - Freemen
• Chapter 14 - Defend Thee, Lord!
• Chapter 15 - Sandy's Tale
• Chapter 16 - Morgan Le Fay
• Chapter 17 - A Royal Banquet
• Chapter 18 - In the Queen's Dungeons
• Chapter 19 - Knight Errantry As a Trade
• Chapter 20 - The Ogre's Castle
• Chapter 21 - The Pilgrims
• Chapter 22 - The Holy Fountain
• Chapter 23 - Restoration of the Fountain
• Chapter 24 - A Rival Magician
• Chapter 25 - A Competitive Examination
• Chapter 26 - The First Newspaper
• Chapter 27 - The Yankee and the King Travel Incognito
• Chapter 28 - Drilling the King
• Chapter 29 - The Smallpox Hut
• Chapter 30 - The Tragedy of the Manor House
• Chapter 31 - Marco
• Chapter 32 - Dowley's Humiliation
• Chapter 33 - Sixth-Century Political Economy
• Chapter 34 - The Yankee and the King Sold As Slaves
• Chapter 35 - A Pitiful Incident
• Chapter 36 - An Encounter in the Dark
• Chapter 37 - An Awful Predicament
• Chapter 38 - Sir Lancelot and Knights To the Rescure
• Chapter 39 - The Yankee's Fight With the Knights
• Chapter 40 - Three Years Later
• Chapter 41 - The Interdict
• Chapter 42 - War
• Chapter 43 - The Battle of the Sand Belt
• Chapter 44 - Postscript By Clarence
• Chapter 45 - Final P.S. by M.T.

Overall Analysis
• Character Analysis
• Plot Structure Analysis
• Themes - Theme Analysis
• Irony in the Novel

Study Questions
• Study Questions - Book Report Ideas

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