Twain had several reasons to write "A Connecticut Yankee ..."
* to satirize the romanitic images of Le Morte d'Arthur * to satirize the British nobility * to satirize the belif in magic and religion * to show the superiority of the native American tinker * as a love story * to discuss economic theory * to show his own familiarity with science and engineering
Mark Twain
The novel of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain was the basis of the Broadway musical of the same name.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 - April 21, 1910) , well known for his pen name "Mark Twain", wrote the book "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" in 1889 in the United States. ..An American author and a humorist, he was born in Florida , Missouri and died in Redding, Connecticut at the age of 74 of a heart attack. ..He is believe to be buried in his wife's family plot at Woodlawn Cemetery in Elmira, New York .
There's a lot about the Mississippi but then he sometimes goes far afield such as 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court.'
Mark Twain was very interested in the typewriter.http://twain.lib.virginia.edu/yankee/cymach4.html
Some of Mark Twain's most famous novels are "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," and "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court."
Answer: Mark Twain died in Redding, Connecticut on 21 April 1910
This particular classic has 479 pages according to the Greene County Public Library's website. Most libraries list information like that with the book.
Two movies adapted from Mark Twain books are "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "The Adventures of Huck Finn." Both films capture the spirit of Twain's classic novels and bring their beloved characters to life on the big screen.
Mark Twain's house in Hartford, Connecticut, had seven fireplaces.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is on of the books he wrote. <><><> Tom Sawyer and Puddin'Head Wilson