false 1673087 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1186662485m/1673087.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1186662485s/1673087.jpg Cracked on the head by a crowbar in nineteenth-century Connecticut, Hank Morgan wakes to find himself in King Arthur's England. Branded by Twain's aptitude for broad comedy and biting social satire, the grim truths of Twain's Camelot-fear, injustice, ignorance-resound as clearly now as when it was written]]> 162898 176 2621763 book 1889 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court total:7389|5:1565|4:2698|3:2434|2:539|1:153| 7389 27150 9545 386 1655 3.79 243812 6728 3230029 167644 162898 1416534733 9781416534730 297 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172306252m/162898.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172306252s/162898.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/162898.A_Connecticut_Yankee_in_King_Arthur_s_Court 3.68 6318 1889 4 3 false Wed Jul 18 12:30:21 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 01:04:29 -0800 2009 more...]]> 22165159 1159496 954348 0895771853 9780895771858 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1215830209m/954348.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1215830209s/954348.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/954348.A_Connecticut_Yankee_in_King_Arthur_s_Court 3.25 4
Cracked on the head by a crowbar in nineteenth-century Connecticut, Hank Morgan wakes to find himself in King Arthur's England. Branded by Twain's aptitude for broad comedy and biting social satire, the grim truths of Twain's Camelot-fear, injustice, ignorance-resound as clearly now as when it was written]]> 1889 4 2 false Tue Mar 31 12:33:32 -0700 2009 Tue May 13 12:13:43 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 31 12:33:32 -0700 2009
Yankee had so man...more...]]> 14362040 867198 162898 1416534733 9781416534730 297 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172306252m/162898.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172306252s/162898.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/162898.A_Connecticut_Yankee_in_King_Arthur_s_Court 3.67 7389 1889 4 2 false Wed Feb 06 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 02 09:23:09 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 06 09:07:20 -0800 2008 more...]]> 6511605 258100 162898 1416534733 9781416534730 297 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172306252m/162898.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172306252s/162898.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/162898.A_Connecticut_Yankee_in_King_Arthur_s_Court 3.67 7389 1889 3 2 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1987 Thu Sep 20 16:38:52 -0700 2007 Thu Jan 24 09:27:31 -0800 2008
Get over it, right? Someday maybe.]]> 37851250 1240378 162898 1416534733 9781416534730 297 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172306252m/162898.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172306252s/162898.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/162898.A_Connecticut_Yankee_in_King_Arthur_s_Court 3.67 7389 1889 3 1 false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 16 04:44:21 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 16 04:54:19 -0800 2008 more...]]> 32793623 384892 924742 0812504364 9780812504361 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179504853m/924742.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179504853s/924742.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/924742.A_Connecticut_Yankee_in_King_Arthur_s_Court 3.38 29 1889 2 2 false Sat Sep 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 13 15:08:18 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 20 22:47:54 -0700 2008 A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur’s Court but, ultimately, found myself disappointed.

The concept of the book, that a res...more...]]> 34555548 974210 168659 0451518748 9780451518743 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223189407m/168659.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223189407s/168659.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/168659.A_Connecticut_Yankee_in_King_Arthur_s_Court 4.00 9 The story begins in a 1st person narrative in Warwick Castle, where a man details his recollection of a tale told to him by a "curious stranger" who is personified as a Knight thru his language & familiarity with armor.
After a brief tale of Sir Launcelot slaying two giants from the 3rd-person narrative, a man named Hank Morgan enters &, given whiskey by the narrator, is persuaded to reveal more of his story. Described thru 1st-person narrative as a man familiar with firearms & machinery, Hank is a man who'd become a superintendent due to proficiency in firearms manufacturing. He describes the beginning of his tale by illustrating details of a disagreement with his subordinates, where he sustained a head injury from a "crusher" to the head caused by a man named Hercules using a crowbar. After passing out from the blow, Hank describes waking up underneath an oak tree in rural Camelot where a Knight questions him for trespassing upon his land, & after establishing rapport, leads him to the castle.
Hank is ridiculed at Arthur's court for his strange appearance & sentenced by Arthur's court, particularly by Merlin, to burn at the stake. By a stroke of luck, the date of the burning coincides with a historical solar eclipse of 528, which Hank had learned about in his own time.
All Connecticut Yankees memorizes eclipse dates, so Hank knew of it. Recalling this fact, Hank uses it to convince King & commoners that he possesses great power, by making it seem that he causes the eclipse of the sun at the moment when he is about to be burned. He's liberated, given the position of principal minister to the King & treated by all with utmost awe. His celebrity brings him a new title: "The Boss."
After being made Boss, Hank learns about medieval practices & superstitions. With his superior knowledge, he's able to outdo the fake sorcerers & miracle-working church officials. This causes Merlin to become jealous of the sway he has over the minds of others, as well as the power he wields as the Boss. Despite being a high court officer, Hank is willing to go among the people in order to promote new economic policies based on capitalism as well as democratic & modern principles. Arthur chooses to join him on one of these excursions, during which he chooses to expose himself to smallpox in order to help a peasant boy. Despite this kingly act, he is unwilling to move away from medieval ways of thinking. He eventually causes the arrest of the incognito Hank & himself because he is unable to stop acting like a nobleman. Hank's plotting is able to free them when a group of bicycle-riding knights comes to their rescue.
Hank as Boss has been using his knowledge to industrialize the country behind the back of the rest of the ruling class. For this purpose, he set up schools which taught modern ideas & English, thereby removing the new generation from medieval concepts. He also caused the construction of factories, which produced modern tools & weapons. He also gets married to a girl whom he saved from a couple of pig farmers. They have a daughter together. While on vacation with his family in France, he receives a message that Arthur has died fighting his rebellious nephew Mordred. Hank establishes a republic & declares himself ruler, but the people revolt. The most harrowing section of the book describes the use of modern weapons such as gatling guns, dynamite & electric fences by Hank & his henchmen to annihilate an army of knights. Merlin uses a spell to put Hank to sleep until he returns to his own time.]]> 1889 5 1 false Fri Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 1963 Sat Oct 04 23:50:14 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 05 00:12:40 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> 38461369 1288287 162898 1416534733 9781416534730 297 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172306252m/162898.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172306252s/162898.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/162898.A_Connecticut_Yankee_in_King_Arthur_s_Court 3.67 7389 1889 5 3 false Sun Nov 23 11:46:03 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 11:50:27 -0800 2008 more...]]> 70453388 951107 162898 1416534733 9781416534730 297 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172306252m/162898.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172306252s/162898.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/162898.A_Connecticut_Yankee_in_King_Arthur_s_Court 3.67 7389 1889 3 0 false Tue Sep 08 05:51:36 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 05:58:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 69307528 2680687 162898 1416534733 9781416534730 297 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172306252m/162898.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172306252s/162898.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/162898.A_Connecticut_Yankee_in_King_Arthur_s_Court 3.67 7389 1889 4 0 false Mon Sep 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 02:09:18 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 12:03:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 74281864 2201886 162898 1416534733 9781416534730 297 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172306252m/162898.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172306252s/162898.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/162898.A_Connecticut_Yankee_in_King_Arthur_s_Court 3.67 7389 1889 4 0 false Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Mon Oct 12 10:27:59 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 10:34:23 -0700 2009 1
As part of my "Twain-kick", I grabbed this book and sat down to find that, "I'm shocked!", they took liberties with the...more...]]> 45755517 949924 162898 1416534733 9781416534730 297 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172306252m/162898.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172306252s/162898.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/162898.A_Connecticut_Yankee_in_King_Arthur_s_Court 3.67 7389 1889 4 0 false Sat Feb 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 13:41:44 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 08:48:14 -0800 2009 2 librivox.com of this book. The last time I read it, I was a teenager and remember being delighted with it. Time certainly makes a difference. Now I find some of it ridiculous (probably intentionally so) and...more...]]> 37343846 409814 679364 0140430644 9780140430646 10 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177082905m/679364.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177082905s/679364.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/679364.A_Connecticut_Yankee_in_King_Arthur_s_Court 3.72 83
Cracked on the head by a crowbar in nineteenth-century Connecticut, Hank Morgan wakes to find himself in King Arthur's England. Branded by Twain's aptitude for broad comedy and biting social satire, the grim truths of Twain's Camelot-fear, injustice, ignorance-resound as clearly now as when it was written]]> 1889 5 1 false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 10 12:06:49 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 01 21:37:20 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 54355809 2268989 686789 0375757805 9780375757808 3 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/686789.A_Connecticut_Yankee_in_King_Arthur_s_Court 3.88 25
Critically deemed one of Twain’s finest and most caustic works, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court is both a delightfully entertaining story and a disturbing analysis of the efficacy of government, the benefits of progress, and the dissolution of social mores. It remains as powerful a work of fiction today as it was upon its first publication in 1889.]]> 1889 4 0 false Wed Apr 29 08:21:55 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 18:19:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 22293776 1038637 162898 1416534733 9781416534730 297 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172306252m/162898.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172306252s/162898.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/162898.A_Connecticut_Yankee_in_King_Arthur_s_Court 3.67 7389 1889 4 1 false Thu May 15 08:10:26 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 16 16:19:18 -0700 2008 41568462 1853641 162898 1416534733 9781416534730 297 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172306252m/162898.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172306252s/162898.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/162898.A_Connecticut_Yankee_in_King_Arthur_s_Court 3.67 7389 1889 4 0 false Mon Jan 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 22:41:33 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 22:18:15 -0800 2009 Individuals in Twain's Britain are conditioned and trained to accept the world from a single perspective and are entirely incapable of adapting or thinking for themselves. More so than the inherent good of democracy or the wrongness of sla...more...]]> 77884001 2727861 162898 1416534733 9781416534730 297 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172306252m/162898.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172306252s/162898.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/162898.A_Connecticut_Yankee_in_King_Arthur_s_Court 3.67 7389 1889 5 0 true Thu Dec 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 14:58:19 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 17 17:12:57 -0800 2009 more...]]> 70848846 2728089 162898 1416534733 9781416534730 297 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172306252m/162898.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172306252s/162898.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/162898.A_Connecticut_Yankee_in_King_Arthur_s_Court 3.67 7389 1889 4 0 false Thu Oct 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 09:43:43 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 01:59:15 -0700 2009
It's hilarious to read about the ignorance of the people of the sixth century, and it adds a "comfy" feel to ...more...]]> 55006244 37007 162898 1416534733 9781416534730 297 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172306252m/162898.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172306252s/162898.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/162898.A_Connecticut_Yankee_in_King_Arthur_s_Court 3.67 7389 1889 3 0 false Mon May 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 07:18:17 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 07:30:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 72695145 2492739 3213364 0786117214 9780786117215 1 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3213364.A_Connecticut_Yankee_in_King_Arthur_s_Court 2.50 6
Cracked on the head by a crowbar in nineteenth-century Connecticut, Hank Morgan wakes to find himself in King Arthur's England. Branded by Twain's aptitude for broad comedy and biting social satire, the grim truths of Twain's Camelot-fear, injustice, ignorance-resound as clearly now as when it was written]]> 1889 2 0 false Wed Sep 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 16:16:22 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 16:20:09 -0700 2009 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court is a humorous account of an American who finds himself living in King Arthur’s middle ages. He applies his historical and industrial knowledge to his advantage and ends up as Arthur’s prime minister. He then sets about to bring England up to 19th c...more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1673087