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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court [Kindle Edition]

Mark Twain (Author)
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"Twain is the funniest literary American writer. . . . [I]t must have been a great pleasure to be him."
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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 535 KB
  • Print Length: 352 pages
  • Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B004UJTZ30
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  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Extremely in formative 16 Dec 2011
By V. Unwin
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
The title of this book encouraged me to send for it although I didn't know whether it was going to be interesting for an elderly lady of nearly 86.
Although I have it on Kindle I also sent for the book as I wanted a written record.
I found it thoroughly interesting. Factual, and in some places really funny. The personal experiences related within the book take you back years and yet it is also full of geographical, historical and other data. The author's grasp of human nature was really good too. I could see the old steamboats in my minds eye -0 I wish I could now!! I was completely absorbed with it until I regretfully finished it!!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Like the Mississippi - Long, Broad and Meandering 28 Aug 2006
By Jason Clapham
Format:Paperback
In a lecture at Harvard in 1967, Borges said that over the years, fueled by his enthusiasm for Huckleberry Finn, he had read and re-read Life on the Mississippi. I also started reading this book because I wanted to return to Huck's world, but do not think I will ever re-read it, though certain passages are evocative and highly memorable. I did find it heavy going at times and tiresomely factual in places. But if you have time to kill and long for Old Man River, there are certainly worse ways to pass the hours.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Knights and other professional liars 7 Dec 2011
By Callum
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In his fifth novel, Mark Twain satirises the Arthurian romance of Sir Thomas Malory's "Le Morte d'Arthur" with his inimitable wit. The eponymous Yankee, Hank Morgan, suffers a blow to the head and is sent back in time to sixth-century England. There he learns that the members of Arthur's court are naive, deluded idiots who choose to believe in fantastic deeds and embark on pointless quests simply because it is de riguer to do so.

Turning this perceived idiocy to his advantage, Hank attempts to modernise the culture with the eventual aim of overthrowing the monarchy and installing a democracy. He plans to achieve his goal by subtly subverting and eventually destroying the order of knights and the outdated code of chivalry by which they live their lives. The premise of an invading American forcing his beliefs on an undeveloped culture is one which seems more relevant today than the day it was written.

Twain uses this time-travelling adventure as a vehicle to criticise the Catholic Church (which he believes hinders technological and social progression), monarchies and the aristocracy as well as numerous other facets of British society throughout the ages, and to espouse the American ideals of freedom and democracy. Despite this, on the surface 'A Connecticut Yankee' is an enjoyable and amusing parody of Medieval Romance which doesn't demand a knowledge of the genre in order to enjoy it.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A Connecticut Yankee
Having just got a Kindle I'm re-reading a lot of books from my childhood. This is totally not as I remembered it! Read more
Published 1 month ago by E.Bell
5.0 out of 5 stars For the specialist!
This book is definitley for the specialist in King Arthur and his legendary life. I found the text and grammar hard going but have given it 5* as it is a classic.
Published 2 months ago by Mary
4.0 out of 5 stars Ancient Brits.
Bought it because I saw a film of it many years ago. Mostly very enjoyable and it added to my perception of the time that it depicts ie. very hard and dangerous. Read more
Published 3 months ago by I. Tattersall
4.0 out of 5 stars Give It A Go
Got It For Free On The Kindle- Stick at it It's hard going but has some interesting moments
Mark Twain- has a rant about the American Ideal in various parts of the book in... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Stephen O'Brien
3.0 out of 5 stars Very funny, but to my mind morally confused.
An odd book. Our nominal narrator meets a fellow who claims to have fallen through time to the court of King Arthur, and the bulk of the book is this Yankee's own memoir of his... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Jason Mills
3.0 out of 5 stars It's OK
Thought I'd try this as an alternative to my usual diet of crime/murder/thriller books. It's OK, but a little slow for my modern ears/eyes. Read more
Published 24 months ago by T. Wilson
3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing
Overall I found this disappointing. It had a few good bits in it, where the author/narrator rails against oppression and injustice and a few moving and horrifying scenes depicting... Read more
Published on 30 April 2011 by John Hopper
3.0 out of 5 stars Epic literature bogged down in politics
For me this was my first sojourn into the madness of Mark Twain, sadly it was an unfulfilling one.

Yankee tells the wonderful story of a chance meeting with a fellow in... Read more
Published on 30 Aug 2006 by Brendan Lee
5.0 out of 5 stars Revolution
Mark Twain's time-machine drops the main character of this book in the 6th century of King Arthur's Great-Britain. Read more
Published on 31 May 2006 by Luc REYNAERT
5.0 out of 5 stars A blazing satire: on Medieval UK AND (still)contemporary USA
DON'T LISTEN TO "A READER, 5 APRIL"!!!!!!!!

DON'T read this book if you want a nicey nicey comedy, because Huck Finn gives you a (mistakenly) warm glow, OR to find... Read more

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