Bookaholic : "A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT"

"A Connecticut yankee in King Arthur's court" by Mark Twain sets the story in the 6th century. The main character travels through time (although at first sight it's unknown how) and finds himself in Camelot. He is compared to Merlin due to his knowledge of the upcoming future and his arts (those of a nineteenth-century man). Not only does he become the sidekick of king Arthur but he also takes part in battles alongside the Knights of the Table Round. On his way throughout Europe he comes across a lot of odd people. Archaic words are used making the reading kind of tedious.

Here's an excerpt of chapter 29 "The smallpox hut" (our man is travelling alongside king Arthur, who is in desguise so that nobody can recognize him, and get to a hut where a woman in rags begs for mercy since she caught smallpox and nobody seems to help her. This woman referring to his late husband ):

"This morning was he out of his mind, and in his fancy we were boy and girl again and wandering in the happy fields; and so in that innocent glad converse wandered he far and farther, still lightly gossiping, and entered into those other fields we know not of, and was shut away from mortal sight."

Grammar spot: Adverbs I

AWAY (adverb of Place or Motion) ; away from (preposition)

1. Place : away = "not her or not here"

E.g. "Is Mr. Cannon there?" - "No, I'm sorry, he's away on business"
       "Keep away!! This animal is dangerous"
       "I live thirty miles away"

2. Motion : away (from) = the opposite of "towards here" or "towards there"

E.g. "The dog was afraid, and ran away"
       "Please go away, I'm busy"

3. Away from (preposition) means the opposite of at or towards.

E.g. "He kicked the ball towards the goalkeeper, who fortunately headed it away from the goal"