A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court - Twain, Mark
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The ungentle laws and customs touched upon in this tale are historical, and the episodes which are used to illustrate them are also historical. It is not pretended that these laws and customs existed in England in the sixth century; no, it is only pretended that inasmuch as they existed in the English and other civilizations of far later times, it is safe to consider that it is no libel upon the sixth century to suppose them to have been in practice in that day also. One is quite justified in inferring that whatever one of these laws or customs was lacking in that remote time, its place was competently filled by a worse one…mehr

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The ungentle laws and customs touched upon in this tale are historical, and the episodes which are used to illustrate them are also historical. It is not pretended that these laws and customs existed in England in the sixth century; no, it is only pretended that inasmuch as they existed in the English and other civilizations of far later times, it is safe to consider that it is no libel upon the sixth century to suppose them to have been in practice in that day also. One is quite justified in inferring that whatever one of these laws or customs was lacking in that remote time, its place was competently filled by a worse one
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Mark Twain (1835-1910), all'anagrafe Samuel Langhorne Clemens, è stato uno scrittore, umorista e conferenziere americano noto per la sua arguzia e per la vivida rappresentazione della vita americana del XIX secolo. È considerato uno dei più grandi autori americani. Le opere di Twain esplorano spesso temi quali razza, società e moralità. I suoi romanzi più famosi sono Le avventure di Tom Sawyer e Le avventure di Huckleberry Finn, considerati dei capolavori della letteratura americana.