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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Bantam Classics)
by Mark Twain

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Bantam Classics)
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Author: Mark Twain
Edition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1983-10-01
ISBN: 0553211439
Number of pages: 336
Publisher: Bantam Classics

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Book Review: A blazing satire: on Medieval UK AND (still)contemporary USA
Summary: 5 Stars

DON'T LISTEN TO "A READER, 5 APRIL"!!!!!!!!

DON'T read this book if you want a nicey nicey comedy, because Huck Finn gives you a (mistakenly) warm glow, OR to find out about Arthurian legends (read E. R. White instead!) It isn't intended for either of those reasons, and you need to go back to the Children's section. Read this book because you want to be challenged, because you want your view of literature and economics to be turned upsode down. If you want an incisive insight into Mark Twain's take onstorytelling and how it affects our lives, OR to see how corporate America searches and destroys alternative cultures and communities, then this is one of the finest books that literature can offer you.

AND it's funny.

Medieval England had lots of dragons (Twain explains how come), but corporate America has infinitely worse breeds sucking our communities dry.................... read on

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