A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Enhanced Version) - Mark Twain

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Enhanced Version)

By Mark Twain

  • Release Date: 2012-12-12
  • Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines

Book Synopsis

Hank Morgan is a man from 19th century Connecticut who after having a head injury wakes to find himself 1300 years in the past in the court of King Arthur of medieval England. The people of the time notice that he is strange yet knowledgeable but due to his odd clothing and language is subjected to death but avoids such fate by knowing of a coming eclipse and tricking the nobility into thinking he himself blotted out the sun. King Arthur elevates hank to a ministerial position and Hank goes about trying to reeducate the people in his more modern thinking. On one journey the king and Hank are captured having been pretending they were poor and are about to be sold into slavery but are rescued. The king abolished slavery to Hank’s delight. Later after Hank meets a women, Merlin a sorcerer whom initially disliked Hank casts a spell upon him to make him sleep for 1300 years. Hank wakes up on his deathbed in Connecticut dreaming about the women with whom he fell in love.

This classic novel has been abridged and adapted into 10 exceptionally well illustrated chapters and enhanced with complete word-for-word audio narration and back ground musical composition thereby creating a listen-read-along novel. This format is ideal for remedial reading, bilingual education - people learning English as a second language (ESL),  English Language Learners (ELL), people of any age intending to improve reading skills and students for whom the original version would be too long or difficult. This book is high-interest, low-readability and has carefully paced audio for use as an audio-visual read-along comprehension improvement tool. Readers of this version will improve fluency, vocabulary, comprehension and listening skills. Controlled Reading Level C (3.0-4.0). Enjoyable for anyone aged 7 or above.

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