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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (version 2)

by: Mark Twain

Publication date: 2008-05-03

Usage: Public Domain

Topics: librivox, literature, audiobooks, humor, time travel, twain, adventure

Language: English

LibriVox recording of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, by Mark Twain. Read by John Greenman.

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is an 1889 novel by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. The work is a very early example of time travel in literature, anticipating by six years H. G. Wells' The Time Machine of 1895 (however, unlike Wells, Twain does not give any real explanation of his protagonist's traveling in time). Some early editions are entitled A Yankee at the Court of King Arthur. (Summary by Wikipedia)

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Addeddate: 2008-05-01 18:11:16

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Reviewer: jxchristopher - - May 3, 2010
Subject: Another great Twain reading by John Greenman

LibriVox reader John Greenman again lends his voice to a Twain favorite.

The length of the story somewhat outstrips its subject matter and many of the author's points are belabored and overstated. Overall, however, a work worthy of the tag "classic."

Go LibriVox!

Reviewer: prat - - September 23, 2009
Subject: Great reading

Thoroughly enjoyed the reading

Reviewer: icyjumbo - - July 25, 2008
Subject: A very characterful reading

I have long thought I ought to read A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, but have never got around to it. When I saw that a recording from LibriVox was available I decided to add it to my queue. I've enjoyed most of the Mark Twain I have read, and I expected to enjoy this too.

The story I actually found quite disappointing. The tone is quite didactic, and the references to "modern" times are too obvious to miss, and too clunky to fit easily into the story. I would have stopped listening if it hadn't been for the superb quality of John Greenman's reading. The characters are subtly, but distinctly, voiced. Hank has an appropriately bossy, cocksure tone, leavened occasionally with wonderful notes of irony. The people from King Arthur's time sound suitably naive and credulous. Old people sound old, young people sound young, nobles sound arrogant, and poor people sound beaten down. I can't recommend this reading highly enough.

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