A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Oxford World's Classics)
Product Type: Book
Product Price: $8.95
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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Description
When A Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur's Court was published in 1889, Mark Twain was undergoing a series of personal and professional crises. In his Introduction, M. Thomas Inge shows how what began as a literary burlesque of British chivalry and culture developed to tragedy and into a novel that remains a major literary and cultural text for generations of new readers. This edition reproduces a number of the original drawings by Dan Beard, of whom Twain said "He not only illustrates the text but he illustrates my thoughts."
Reviews
Rating: 4 / 5
Date: 2009-04-13
Summary: "Classic tale - Amazing it is from 1889"
The story is great - back in time and the confusion and parody that happens. Great Literature for all ages.