A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court - Mark Twain - Books -  - 9798668852970 - October 6, 2020
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Book Excerpt: ....d be startled at me instead of at the other man, was too many for me; I couldn't make head or tail of it. And that she should seem to consider me a spectacle, and totally overlook her own merits in that respect, was another puzzling thing, and a display of magnanimity, too, that was surprising in one so young. There was food for thought here. I moved along as one in a dream. As we approached the town, signs of life began to appear. At intervals we passed a wretched cabin, with a thatched roof, and about it small fields and garden patches in an indifferent state of cultivation. There were people, too; brawny men, with long, coarse, uncombed hair that hung down over their faces and made them look like animals. They and the women, as a rule, wore a coarse tow-linen robe that came well below the knee, and a rude sort of sandal, and many wore an iron collar. The small boys and girls were always naked; but nobody seemed to know it. All of these people stared at me, talked about me, ran into the huts and fetc...

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released October 6, 2020
ISBN13 9798668852970
Pages 348
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 20 mm   ·   508 g
Language English  

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