description: When A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court was published in 1889, Mark Twain was undergoing a series of personal and professional crises. Thus what began as a literary burlesque of British chivalry and culture grew into a disturbing satire of modern technology and social thought. The story of Hank Morgan, a nineteenth-century American who is accidentally returned to sixth-century England, is a powerful analysis of such issues as monarchy versus democracy and free will versus determinism, but it is also one of Twain's finest comic novels, still fresh and funny after more than 100 years.
language: English
title: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
titlecomplete: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Works of Mark Twain)
characters: King Arthur, Hank Morgan, Merlin (Arthurian wizard)
genres: Literature, Arthurian, Science Fiction, Classics, Adventure, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Humor, Fantasy, Time Travel
ratings_count: 102180
places: United Kingdom, Connecticut, England, Hartford, Connecticut
publisher: Reprint Services Corp