Finished reading on: November 01, 2007
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Title of the original version reviewed: «Un americano alla corte di Re Artù»
AI Translation Notice: This review was translated from the original Italian using artificial intelligence. Book quotes and excerpts are translated interpretations and will not match the author's original English phrasing or official published translations.
The book is a moralistic fable.
A nineteenth-century industrialist finds himself hurled into King Arthur’s court.
He attempts to introduce an industrial, capitalist culture, which the author regards as vastly superior—because more rational and efficient—to that prevailing in the Middle Ages.
The attempt fails miserably due to the opposition of the Church and an enchantment by the wizard Merlin that casts the protagonist into a deep sleep.
The story aspires to be entertaining, yet proves tedious and pedantic.