What Mark Twain novel features a character named Hank Morgan?

Mark Twain’s novel featuring Hank Morgan is A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court.

Published in 1889, the novel follows Hank Morgan, a 19th-century engineer from Connecticut who is knocked unconscious and transported to Britain during the reign of King Arthur. His modern knowledge is mistaken for magic, allowing him to gain influence at Arthur’s court and challenge Merlin.

Hank attempts to introduce modern technology and social reforms, including schools, factories, telephones, firearms, and democratic ideas. Twain uses the time-travel story to satirize romanticized views of medieval chivalry, hereditary power, superstition, slavery, and organized authority.

The novel is often recognized as an early and influential example of time-travel fiction, but it is also a political satire. Its optimistic belief in technology and democratic progress becomes darker as Hank’s reforms encounter violence, entrenched institutions, and the destructive consequences of modern weapons. The character’s full name, Hank Morgan, distinguishes this book from Twain’s other historical and comic novels.