Mark Twain: Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, The Prince and the Pauper & A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. Марк Твен
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Mark Twain
The Historical Novels of Mark Twain
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, The Prince and the Pauper & Yankee in King Arthur's Court
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[email protected] 2017 OK Publishing ISBN 978-80-272-3335-9
Table of Contents
THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER
A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR’S COURT
PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF JOAN OF ARC
THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER
CONTENTS
Chapter I. The birth of the Prince and the Pauper.
Chapter III. Tom’s meeting with the Prince.
Chapter IV. The Prince’s troubles begin.
Chapter V. Tom as a patrician.
Chapter VI. Tom receives instructions.
Chapter VII. Tom’s first royal dinner.
Chapter VIII. The question of the Seal.
Chapter IX. The river pageant.
Chapter X. The Prince in the toils.
Chapter XII. The Prince and his deliverer.
Chapter XIII. The disappearance of the Prince.
Chapter XIV. ‘Le Roi est mort — vive le Roi.’
Chapter XVI. The State Dinner.
Chapter XVII. Foo-foo the First.
Chapter XVIII. The Prince with the tramps.
Chapter XIX. The Prince with the peasants.
Chapter XX. The Prince and the hermit.
Chapter XXI. Hendon to the rescue.
Chapter XXII. A victim of treachery.
Chapter XXIII. The Prince a prisoner.
Chapter XXVIII. The sacrifice.
Chapter XXXI. The Recognition procession.
Chapter XXXII. Coronation Day.
Chapter XXXIII. Edward as King.
Chapter I. The birth of the Prince and the Pauper.
In the ancient city of London, on a certain autumn day in the second quarter of the sixteenth century, a boy was born to a poor family of the name of Canty, who did not want him. On the same day another English child was born to a rich family of the name of Tudor, who did want him. All England wanted him too. England had so longed for him, and hoped for him, and prayed God for him, that, now that he was really come, the people went nearly mad for joy. Mere acquaintances hugged and kissed each other and cried. Everybody took a holiday, and high and low, rich and poor, feasted and danced and sang, and got very mellow; and they kept this up