I found lots of things to discuss with my dd in this book. She was 11 when we read about half of it together. Then she got distracted and we stopped.
Mark Twain makes a lot of pointed and humorous comments on society, both his own and the medieval one. He came down hard on religion, but doesn't seem to be unbelieving in God, just not taken in by the shenanigans of religion's human representatives. He doesn't give superstition or magic an easy out, either. And he talks a good bit about economics, some of the very same arguments that are used today to justify devaluing currency and keeping high taxes. He addresses the argument for and against minimum wage, which I didn't realize was that big an issue in his day (1880's?).
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I found lots of things to discuss with my dd in this book. She was 11 when we read about half of it together. Then she got distracted and we stopped.
Mark Twain makes a lot of pointed and humorous comments on society, both his own and the medieval one. He came down hard on religion, but doesn't seem to be unbelieving in God, just not taken in by the shenanigans of religion's human representatives. He doesn't give superstition or magic an easy out, either. And he talks a good bit about economics, some of the very same arguments that are used today to justify devaluing currency and keeping high taxes. He addresses the argument for and against minimum wage, which I didn't realize was that big an issue in his day (1880's?).
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I will be looking for this book and reading it. Sounds like a fabulous read.