A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This book was free when I downloaded it to my Nook. I enjoy reading Barnes & Noble Classics on my Nook Tablet or HD+ because I can quickly go to an endnote with a touch on the screen. The endnotes enhance my enjoyment of the classic with definitions and quick explanations of allusions which Twain's first readers were more likely to catch than 21st-century-me.

Twain's commentary on the power of a privileged class seems as timely a discussion with our current 1% as the Gilded age's 1% and Arthur's class of knights and nobility. My favorite quote is "Did you think you had educated the superstition out of these people?"

I recommend this book for all readers.

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