A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, written by Mark Twain in the late 19th century, tells the story of a man from Connecticut, Hank Morgan, who was hit with a crowbar, and awoke to find himself in 6th century England. Hank is promptly captured by a knight and taken to Camelot. Soon sentenced to be burned at the stake because his captor has no use for him, the Yankee says that he is a …showed first 75 words of 680 total…

…showed last 75 words of 680 total…be far more interesting than the other chapters, but the majority of the readers probably would not feel this way. While Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court seems to be unbalanced in that all of the chapters are different, both in how interesting they are and how serious they are, the varying levels of seriousness also help to make the book more varied and interesting, since the reader does not know what to expect next.