A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (version 2)
Gelesen von John Greenman
Mark Twain
(4,719 Sterne; 319 Bewertungen)
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) (11 hr 49 min)
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A very characterful reading
icyjumbo
(5 Sterne)
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.
David R.Smith
(5 Sterne)
Great and excellent read. A superb listen too, thanks!
Amazing!!!
(5 Sterne)
At first I wasn't excited to read this book, but after I got into it.......That was a whole different matter! I changed my view on some of the characters throughout the book. At the end scene ( the really big scene of the book ) I was so excited to see what happened, that I wanted to speed the recording up, but that would spoil it! It's been a lovely tale of adventure, laughter and suspense. I was sad when the book ended! The reader was fantastic! I loved his way of changing his " mood " to the mood of the character! It was funny also, to see Merlin overpowered by a normal man! Merlin had magic, and the man had brains!
interesting, funny, sometimes frustrating
Linda Givler
(4 Sterne)
I read part of this book years ago but didn't finish it. So happy to find it on Librovox. The story gives Mark Twain's opinion of very early Britain and the people living then. I'm glad I didn't live then. There are some really funny parts in this book especially when the Boss displays his magic. However, overall, I found the people and their customs pretty depressing. it's a good book but unlike what you might expect from Mark Twain. This reader is EXCELLENT.
The real Middle Ages
Dennis Murray
(4 Sterne)
This book should be required reading for those always talking about the good old days. As Twain clearly shows they were usually very bad days for most of the people. However the book is quite long and the author labours his criticism of the knights and royalty over and over. Still it gets 4 stars for being a cracking good tale and for a fabulous narration from John Greenman.
Not what I hoped
Pink Blossom
(2 Sterne)
Strange and not what I expected. What I expected was a comedy. Instead a got a mixture of boring, comedy, fantasy and a lot more. Was very annoying in some ways. I did like Clarence's idea about the cats though 🤣. That boy is pure genius lol.
Another great Twain reading by John Greenman
jxchristopher
(5 Sterne)
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!
complexity humorous
Jeff Nading
(5 Sterne)
this reader is one of the best I have ever experienced! paid books unpaid books Blackstone audio, audible this reader is outstanding! the book itself is complexly hilarious and complexly remorseful. the wonderful complexities of how distant and how near we are to the 6th century.