Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is an 1889 novel by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. The book was originally titled A Yankee in King Arthur's Court. Some early editions are titled A Yankee at the Court of King Arthur.In the book, a Yankee engineer from Connecticut named Hank Morgan receives a severe blow to the head and is somehow transported in time and space to England during the reign of King Arthur. After some initial confusion and his capture by one of Arthur's knights, Hank realizes that he is actually in the past, and he uses his knowledge to make people believe that he is a powerful magician. He attempts to modernize the past in order to make people's lives better, but in the end he is unable to prevent the death of Arthur and an interdict against him by the Catholic Church of the time, which grows fearful of his power.Twain wrote the book as a burlesque of Romantic notions of chivalry after being inspired by a dream in which he was a knight himself, severely inconvenienced by the weight and cumbersome nature of his armor. It is a satire of feudalism and monarchy that also celebrates homespun ingenuity and democratic values while questioning the ideals of capitalism and outcomes of the Industrial Revolution. It is among several works by Twain and his contemporaries that mark the transition from the Gilded Age to the Progressive Era of socioeconomic discourse. It is often cited as a formative example of the &quote;time travel&quote; genre.

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Mark Twain has gone down in history as one of the greatest writers that the USA has yet produced. His masterworks and best known books are normally thought to be "Tom Sawyer", and in particular "Huckleberry Finn", yet this novel does not fade in their company! If you like books full of sweetness and light this probably isn't for you. I think it may well be the ultimate novel of black humour! The basic plot is simple; a Yankee from the 19th century is somehow transported back in time to 6th century Arthurian England. Being unhappy with the way things work there he uses his more advanced knowledge and understanding to set himself up as Arthur's right hand man and "improve" the society by introducing 19th century technology and practices. I truly cannot praise this novel enough, I find it brilliant and entertaining to no end! The writing style is genius, the plot highly original, and the book itself a classic!

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Forlag: Glagoslav Publications (NC)
Språk: Engelsk
Sider: 550
ISBN: 9781784220891
Utgivelsesår: 1905
Format: Kopibeskyttet EPUB (Må leses i Adobe Digital Editions)

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chemist – 29.07.2010

– Mark Twain has gone down in history as one of the greatest writers that the USA has yet produced. His masterworks and best known books are normally thought to be "Tom Sawyer", and in particular "Huckleberry Finn", yet this novel does not fade in their company! If you like books full of sweetness and light this probably isn't for you. I think it may well be the ultimate novel of black humour! The basic plot is simple; a Yankee from the 19th century is somehow transported back in time to 6th century Arthurian England. Being unhappy with the way things work there he uses his more advanced knowledge and understanding to set himself up as Arthur's right hand man and "improve" the society by introducing 19th century technology and practices. I truly cannot praise this novel enough, I find it brilliant and entertaining to no end! The writing style is genius, the plot highly original, and the book itself a classic!