Mark Twain, Samuel Langhorne Clemens, Elizabeth Leahy Stein - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court: An Authoritative Text, Backgrounds and Sources, Composition and Publication, Criticism

Pros: great satire, fun characters, mostly interesting story
Cons: sometimes boring and too wordy; tone of satire changes

By coincidence I started reading A Fractured Mind by Robert B. Oxnam and his other personalities at the same time as I began Mark Twain’s A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur’s Court. Oxnam observes that all of us, whether healthy or sick, act in ...

Pros: Twain, knights! Castles! Satire!
Cons: nada zip zilch

Pros: Twain has done a great job of writing an exciting story, but laying social commentary under the surface.
Cons: Again, many people consider this a child's story so will overlook it and miss the well penned satire that lies in these pages.

As with much of Twain's work A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is deceptively simple. Under the guise of a child's tale about going back into the romantic days of Arthurian legend Twain sows the mental field with seeds of satire.
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Pros: Excellent Arthurian account
Cons: Connecticut Yankee simply assumes position in medieval times, doesn't really give a hoot about why he should suddenly be there and/or how to get back to his former time.

First allow me to shed some light on the following opinion -- I recently graduated college as an English major; my Senior Thesis class revolved around King Arthur & the Arthurian Legend. In other words, I brought much background to this story,...

Pros: A fantasy novel with many satirical twists about our own society, an enjoyment to read.
Cons: Have to read it a few times to get the full experience - not much of a con, though.

Mark Twain's work has been well known for years, and so, that this be considered a good book, is no surprise whatsoever. The book is set in a 'present day' time of when he lived himself, with the Connecticut Yankee being sent back - where else? To the...

Pros: Very Extremely Funny
Cons: A Bit Long For the Younger Reader

OOPS! You just got dropped into sixth century Britain!! What to do now, but to "teach," the court a thing or two about good livin'.

Our Yankee insists on HIS being the better way of life, the court theirs, so they go about...

Pros: Entertaining story on the surface, very moving tale on a deeper level
Cons: Some outmoded word usage requires a little thought to translate

Mark Twain's "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" pulls the reader in from the first page. Hank Morgan, a down-to-the-bones practical factory supervisor, is hit on the head and wakes to find himself in a strange land. He's confronted...

Pros: black comedy, style, art
Cons: rambles, may be difficult to read

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is that rare achievement, the novel as prophecy. The cultural fate of being pureed into a harmless fantasy is reserved for the strongest, most primal, and thereby most threatening works of art-the bowdlerized...

Pros: Good read for kids, even better for adults
Cons: Depth of detail may bog down younger readers

Most readers are more familiar with "Tom Sawyer" and "Huck Finn" than
"Connecticut Yankee". Most movie buffs are more familiar with the
latter because the basic plot line - a modern time person, whether
man,...

Pros: great writer, great plot
Cons: sometimes confusing

Hank Morgan displays his knowledge of nineteenth century technology in King Arthur’s Court in this novel. He uses this knowledge to improve Arthurian society, protect himself and his followers, and enlighten many people.
Hank is not convinced he...

Pros: Fun, fast, energetic, real kid appeal
Cons: None

This book is silly, fun, adventuresome, serious, enlightening, and well written. In other words, it is the perfect book for young people who need to be fired up about something in order to read it. Once you get past the first few pages you can't put it...