A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs..., Mark Twain
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs..., Mark Twain
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Author: Mark Twain

Narrator: Jeff Hays

Unabridged: 12 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Spoken Realms

Published: 07/25/2020

Synopsis

When Connecticut mechanic and foreman Hank Morgan is knocked unconscious, he wakes not to the familiar scenes of nineteenth-century America, but to the bewildering sights and sounds of sixth-century Camelot.Although confused at first and quickly imprisoned, he soon realizes that his knowledge of the future can transform his fate. Correctly predicting a solar eclipse from inside his prison cell, Morgan terrifies the people of England into releasing him and swiftly establishes himself as the most powerful magician in the land, stronger than Merlin and greatly admired by Arthur himself. But the Connecticut Yankee wishes for more than simply a place at the Round Table. Soon, he begins a far greater struggle: to bring American democratic ideals to Old England.Complex and fascinating, A Connecticut Yankee is a darkly comic consideration of the nature of human nature and society.

About Mark Twain

Mark Twain (1835–1910) was born Samuel L. Clemens in the town of Florida, Missouri. He is one of the most popular and influential authors our nation has ever produced, and his keen wit and incisive satire earned him praise from both critics and peers. He has been called not only the greatest humorist of his age but also the father of American literature.

About Jeff Hays

Jeff Hays and Annie Ellicott are the star voices of the breakout audiobook production company Soundbooth Theater. They’ve voiced over two dozen audiobooks together, and there is no end in sight. Both have roots in music, Jeff being a composer and bass player, and Annie a renowned jazz singer and songwriter.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mario the lone bookwolf on January 22, 2023

Forget Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, this is Twains´ greatest work. And his unknown, shorter stories, all doing the only thing to make humankinds´ extreme stupidity and cruelty bearable, by satirizing them in a way no other classic author could or dared. Although some of it was released after hi......more

Goodreads review by Anne on November 14, 2023

2023 Like probably most of you, I hate to DNF a book. It kills something in a my soul a little. But I just really couldn't go on any further with this story back in 2017. Recently, I listened to a really interesting lecture, King Arthur: History and Legend, and the professor mentioned this and said h......more

Goodreads review by Kara on November 23, 2008

Most people think they know this story - but they don't - they just know the fish-out-of-water story that is just the surface of this book; this is really a story of about the biggest problems Mark Twain observed in his time period, including slavery, abuses of political power, unchecked factory gr......more

Goodreads review by Jim on July 30, 2022

I don't know why this book doesn't rank higher among the classics & isn't discussed more. Twain manages to highlight more of our human & modern society's ills & graces than any other book I've read. This is not just a man out of his time, but a journey of discovering just how large, fast changes, se......more

Goodreads review by Roy on July 19, 2016

I managed to be quite disappointed in this book. Yes, some parts are clever and funny, especially near the beginning; but by midway the joke had gone stale, and by the end I was elated to be done with it. The main problem, for me, was that Twain’s satire is almost wholly directed at the mythologiz......more

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