– 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!
Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
«one of Mark Twain's best comic novels and is still funny more than a century after it first appeared»
Oxford Times
democracy and free will versus determinism, but it is also one of Twain's finest comic novels, still fresh and funny after more than 100 years.
In his introduction, M. Thomas Inge shows how A Connecticut Yankee develops from comedy to tragedy and so into a novel that remains a major literary and cultural text for new generations of readers. This edition reproduces a number of the original drawings by Dan Beard, of whom Twain said `he not only illustrates the text but he illustrates my thoughts'.
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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!chemist
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Oxford University Press
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9780199540587
- Utgivelsesår
- 2008
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
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«one of Mark Twain's best comic novels and is still funny more than a century after it first appeared»
Oxford Times