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A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur’s Court
Illustrated Classic A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Illustrate Classic Editions) by Mark Twain - Adapted by Lucia Monfried - MOBY BOOKS - PLAYMORE, INC. Publishers - 1977
272 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1977
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Lucia Monfried
20 books5 followersLucia Monfried is a retired senior editor from Dial Books for Young Readers, where she specialized in picture books, chapter books, and early novels.
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March 30, 2018
Meant to read the unabridged version - my library app tricked me.
August 16, 2024
This is an illustrated adaptation of Mark Twain's classic novel. I have not actually read the unabridged yet, but I enjoyed this adaptation. Connecticut Yankee Hank Morgan is knocked out in America, and wakes up finding himself in 6th century Great Britain, in the days of King Arthur. It had a lot of funny parts, but something I did not care for was that had he made a point to make everyone in the Middle Ages basically seem like a bunch of simpletons. I do not like that, because I take a great interest in that era. It is true that people were not as advanced as we are back then, but there were wise people in the Middle ages too. Still, the story had an interesting plot, and the illustrations were neat, so I would gove this book a four-star rating.
May 31, 2023
This book had some interesting things to say about issues within the knight errant period of historical mythology. However the MC is so just so fuck you dude. I didn't like him at all. His feeling that he was so much better than everyone else because of his 19th century sensibilities was ridiculous.
November 11, 2024
Twain is known as a "humorist," but he had a pretty dark sense of humor. Despite the humor, I wouldn't recommend this if you're looking for any kind of uplifting story. There's a lot of death, and Twain makes clear the suffering and cheapness of life back in the medieval times of King Arthur's supposed existence. I listened to an audio version narrated by Robin Fields who does a great job.
December 26, 2017
Oh what fun..it's an adventure indeed being transported back to the time of King Arthur Court. Yes,i love it when i was a kid and still live it when am re-reading it today
February 9, 2020
Best even after multiple readings
July 14, 2022
I read this book out loud to my dad in the evenings.
February 17, 2012
Last night I finished the Illustrated Classic Edition of Mark Twain’s A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. This book had two hundred and thirty-four pages and was half the size of a pocket sized book. It had approximately half the number of pages that the original edition has and let me tell you, the quality of those pages wasn’t even a quarter of the original!
If you’ve ever contemplated buying some abridged versions of some classic novels for your children I am here to caution you: before you do so, make sure you read a little yourself because some abridged versions are striped of all entertaining qualities. I felt like I was reading a dryer and less informative coles notes for this classic story. Each event was addressed curtly and superficially. Without any depth, this book didn’t have much of a plot nor did it make you think. You could skip whole paragraphs, or skim several pages in a row and not really miss anything.
The only thing that was made clear to me by this book is that whomever edited this version felt that nineteenth century America was a more sophisticated place than medieval Europe, largely due to the technological advances that had occurred during the enlightenment. And, all I have to say about that is .. obviously! Well, if we’re only talking about technological advances of course. Interpersonal relations is another story.
Anyway, would I recommend this abridged version of what is originally a wonderful story? In a word, no. Definitely not. If you see it, don’t buy it, just write a letter of complaint to the editor.
If you’ve ever contemplated buying some abridged versions of some classic novels for your children I am here to caution you: before you do so, make sure you read a little yourself because some abridged versions are striped of all entertaining qualities. I felt like I was reading a dryer and less informative coles notes for this classic story. Each event was addressed curtly and superficially. Without any depth, this book didn’t have much of a plot nor did it make you think. You could skip whole paragraphs, or skim several pages in a row and not really miss anything.
The only thing that was made clear to me by this book is that whomever edited this version felt that nineteenth century America was a more sophisticated place than medieval Europe, largely due to the technological advances that had occurred during the enlightenment. And, all I have to say about that is .. obviously! Well, if we’re only talking about technological advances of course. Interpersonal relations is another story.
Anyway, would I recommend this abridged version of what is originally a wonderful story? In a word, no. Definitely not. If you see it, don’t buy it, just write a letter of complaint to the editor.
October 29, 2009
it was long and you could turn it into a ten page book
August 28, 2011
Loved this when I was a kid!
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