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“My kind of loyalty was loyalty to one's country, not to its institutions or its officeholders. The country is the real thing, the substantial thing, the eternal thing; it is the thing to watch over, and care for, and be loyal to; institutions are extraneous, they are its mere clothing, and clothing can wear out, become ragged, cease to be comfortable, cease to protect the body from winter, disease, and death.” One of the greatest satires in American literature, Mark Twain’s 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court' begins when Hank Morgan, a skilled mechanic in a nineteenth-century New England arms factory, is struck on the head during a quarrel and awakens to find himself among the knights and magicians of King Arthur’s Camelot. The ‘Yankee’ vows brashly to "boss the whole country inside of three weeks" and embarks on an ambitious plan to modernize Camelot with 19th c. industrial inventions like electricity and gunfire. It isn’t long before all hell breaks loose! Written in 1889, Mark ‘A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court’ is one of literature’s first genre mash-ups and one of the first works to feature time travel. It is one of the best known Twain stories, and also one of his most unique. Twain uses the work to launch a social commentary on contemporary society, a thinly veiled critique of the contemporary times despite the Old World setting. While the dark pessimism that would fully blossom in Twain’s later works can be discerned in 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court,' the novel will nevertheless be remembered primarily for its wild leaps of imagination, brilliant wit, and entertaining storytelling.
Paperback: 262 pages
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (July 14, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1500526304
ISBN-13: 978-1500526306
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.6 x 9 inches
Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
Best Sellers Rank: #301,357 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #59 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Mashups #565 in Books > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Science Fiction > Cyberpunk #7141 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Classics
Always wanted to read this but never had the time, Now I am retired and plan to read more of the Classics.
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