"A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" is Mark Twain's classic tale of Hank Morgan, a resident of 19th century Hartford Connecticut who is inexplicably transported to the early medieval England of King Arthur. A classic satire, "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" pokes fun at the romanticized notions of chivalry and the idealization of the middle ages. A delightful and enchanting tale, "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" shows Twain at his satirical best.
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Works on every level,
By BigT "READREADREAD" (San Diego) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Paperback)
As with all of Mark Twain's work this book works on two very different levels. The first of course is a simple adventure story the second is a bitingly satiric work that unmasks many of the hypocracies of "conventional wisdom".
I have to believe that most of his readers of his time (and ours) did not understand his underlying messages regarding society and its institutions. For me, it was hard to miss the way he unmasked the church, the state and society as a whole. I had to laugh out loud at some of the ways he managed to expose the absurdities of government and religion. This book is a quick read and is immensely satisfying if the reader takes the time to follow Twain's logic to its natural conclusions.
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Simply great entertainment,
By An Historian (Houston) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Paperback)
What else can be said about Twain except great story. Imaginative work paralleling medieval England with Industrial America in the lat 19th century. Witty, adventurous and well written. I have yet to read a Twain book I disliked.
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Great Use of "New" Technologies in Old Times,
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This was a very entertaining and interesting book. I thought Twain did a great job incorporating the newer (of his time) technologies into the old mid evil times. Not only did I think he did this very well; he had a very interesting take at explaining the great achievements of knights that do not seem to be what we would consider real. Like when knights fought giants and things of that nature, and how magic was explained. I thought it was interesting how he explained that a lot of the knights did not really do a lot of the things that they said, like kill ogres and giants, they only said they did because no one was around, and no one ever questioned the adventures that the knights told of. Another cool thing was how he incorporated newer technologies, like gunpowder, into how he did his "magic" and made people believe that he was a great sorcerer. This was a very good and interesting book, and I would recommend it to anyone.
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Sir Launcelot, Sir Sagramor, Sir Marhaus, The Boss, Sir Gareth, Sir Gawaine, King Arthur, Valley of Holiness, Sir Mordred, Sir Kay, Sir Boss, Established Church, Great Scott, Sir Uwaine, Holy Grail, Sir Gaheris, Sir Bedivere, Sir Ozana, Sir Madok, All England, Queen Guenever, Call Camelot, Sir Arthur, Would God, Sir Galahad Browse Sample Pages:
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