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  1 of 1 members found this review helpful.

  • Rated 4 stars

  “I really liked this book . Mark twain filled this book with with so much hummer , action , satire, and social commentaries . That it is a joy to read . I recommended it highly . The book tells the story of Hank Morgan . Who is hit over the head and transported back to the year 528 AD. when he gets to the court of King Arthur he is almost put to death . But Hank Morgan gets out of it . With Hank Morgan advance knowledge of science , he moves up in the ranks . He also brings in ideals from the future . Things are going good for him until he meets his future wife . Now Hank Morgan with his knowledge of the future , he set up everything . So that all people will be free , but the church does not want that so with the help of Merlin . they try to stop him . The book ends with a great war between the church and Hank Morgan. I liked this book I felt that Mark Twain did a great job showing the mistakes of his time , and that we have a lot to still learn . I recommend this book to all ”

  Play Book Tag Shelf wrote this review Sunday, May 4 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  1 of 1 members found this review helpful.

  • Rated 3 stars

  “Thinly veiled by an occasionally cumbersome story, is Samuel Clemen's ode to America the Meritocracy. You want to know what he thinks about the place of religion in society, inherited priviledges, (women who talk a lot), or just generally how society should work??? You'll find it quite clearly spelled out by the (sub)narrator of the story, as he traipses about pre-medieval England (historical inaccuracies and all), trying to bend it to his 19th century American will.
  
  It's an quick read (it's not going to put you to sleep, either) and as I said - everything is pretty much spelled out for you. Plenty of humor, spot on caricatures, and occasionally some truly bitting wit - though at this point, most aspects of the story that would have been mildly subversive, seem obvious and uninspired to the modern reader (however fresh they were over a hundred years ago). ”

  MjdC wrote this review Monday, November 5 2007. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 3 stars

  “What can I say? There are parts of this book that I enjoyed enormously, like Lancelot's tale at the beginning, the knights' reasons for not knowing basic math, the many difficulties of wearing an armor, and a lot of other funny bits and pieces. But it was quite disgusting to have to read all the graphic descriptions of violence. That's why the book is not homogeneous and balanced. And besides, the protagonist's political ideas and initiatives for improving the medieval world raise as many objections as the very system they were supposed to better.”

  foitza wrote this review 2 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 0 stars

  “A bit too much of Yankee for me but still a fun read. ”

  Amy M wrote this review 3 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 5 stars

  “Mark Twain. Enough said. Read as much of him as you can.”

  dragontouch wrote this review Thursday, August 14 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 4 stars

  “Next to the Tom Sawyer/Huck Finn books this is my favorite Twain story. Very recommended”

  Little Timmy B wrote this review Wednesday, June 4 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 1 stars

  “This book dragged on and on. I just wanted it to be over. I was well over half way through it before I was remotely interested. There are some interesting points made about the plight of the common man and liberties we take for granted, but I would not recommend this book.”

  Brittney R wrote this review Thursday, May 29 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 4 stars

  “A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain ( 4 stars ) I really liked this book . Mark twain filled this book with with so much hummer , action , satire, and social commentaries . That it is a joy to read . I recommended it highly . The book tells the story of Hank Morgan . Who is hit over the head and transported back to the year 528 AD. when he gets to the court of King Arthur he is almost put to death . But Hank Morgan gets out of it . With Hank Morgan advance knowledge of science , he moves up in the ranks . He also brings in ideals from the future . Things are going good for him until he meets his future wife . Now Hank Morgan with his knowledge of the future , he set up everything . So that all people will be free , but the church does not want that so with the help of Merlin . they try to stop him . The book ends with a great war between the church and Hank Morgan. I liked this book I felt that Mark Twain did a great job showing the mistakes of his time , and that we have a lot to still learn . I recommend this book to all ”

  Robert of Ravenclaw wrote this review Saturday, May 3 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 3 stars

  “It was a bit of a slow start and the sort of book that you really kept wondering what it's purpose was and what sort of book it was. It was, however, an enjoyable read even if it was really, really weird.”

  Becky L wrote this review Monday, April 21 2008. ( reply | permalink )