Christopher’s Reviews > A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court > Status Update

here's the problem with being a satirist - you're never sure what you're supposed to be taking seriously. a lot of problems with this book - not one i'll be coming back to

a lot of cynical bitterness in this book

there have been a few too many emotionally manipulative melodramatic scenes

in my edition at the end of chapter 35 there is an illustration of 'the slave driver.' this is a deliberate likeness of the late 19th century american industrialist jay gould

just in case they missed the more subtle don quijote allusions, twain pounding readers over the head with sandy's 'the farm is a castle' bit