A Dream of John Ball; and, A King's Lesson
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About This Book
A Dream of John Ball (1888) is a novel by English author William Morris about the English peasants' revolt of 1381 and the rebel John Ball. Like the novels close contemporary - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) by Mark Twain - it describes a dream and time travel encounter between the medieval and modern worlds. However unlike Twain's vision of a violent and chaotic "Dark Age", Morris describes a positive image of the Middle Ages, seeing it as a golden, if brief, period when peasants were prosperous and happy and guilds protected workers from exploitation.
Chapters (19)
- A DREAM OF JOHN BALL
- AND
- A KING'S LESSON
- WILLIAM MORRIS
- CONTENTS
- A DREAM OF JOHN BALL
- CHAPTER I THE MEN OF KENT
- CHAPTER II THE MAN FROM ESSEX
- CHAPTER III THEY MEET AT THE CROSS
- CHAPTER IV THE VOICE OF JOHN BALL
- CHAPTER V THEY HEAR TIDINGS OF BATTLE AND MAKE THEM READY
- CHAPTER VI THE BATTLE AT THE TOWNSHIP'S END
- CHAPTER VII MORE WORDS AT THE CROSS
- CHAPTER VIII SUPPER AT WILL GREEN'S
- CHAPTER IX BETWIXT THE LIVING AND THE DEAD
- CHAPTER X TWO TALK OF THE DAYS TO COME
- CHAPTER XI HARD IT IS FOR THE OLD WORLD TO SEE THE NEW
- CHAPTER XII ILL WOULD CHANGE BE AT WHILES WERE IT NOT FOR THE CHANGE BEYOND THE CHANGE
- A KING'S LESSON
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