A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court vs Works: Which Should You Read?

Cover of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Mark Twain · 1889 ★★★★☆ 3.8 386 pages · ≈ 7 h 09 m · Challenging

A blow on the head transports a Yankee to 528 A.D. where he proceeds to modernize King Arthur's kingdom by organizing a school system, constructing telephone lines, and inventing the printing press.

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Cover of Works Works Robert Louis Stevenson · 1800 ★★★★☆ 3.8 10 pages · ≈ 11 min · Demanding

This book is a collection of works of this Swanston Edition in Twenty five Volumes of the Works of Robert Louis Stevenson. This literary contribution of works by Stevenson offers the tales and work written by him…

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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's CourtWorks
Goodreads 3.8 (109529) —
Hardcover 3.8 (189) —
Apple Books 4.5 (236) 4.0 (5)

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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's CourtWorks
Ratings 109529 5
Editions 788 48
Citations 137 —
Film adaptations 1 1
Want to read 67516 —
Reading it now 5484 —
Written reviews 4634 —
Wikipedia attention 11216 242
Pages 386 10

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