The Innocents Abroad (1869)
by Mark TwainMordecai Richler (Introduction by)David E. E. Sloane (As told to)Shelley Fisher Fishkin
Format: Hardcover
ISBN13: 9780195101324
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Overview
In 1867, Mark Twain set out from New York City for Europe and the Holy Land on the paddle-steamer Quaker City. The result of that trip was The Innocents Abroad, a travel book unlike any that had gone before it. Irreverent and irrepressible, Twain pokes fun at officious tour guides and offensive tourists alike. The book offers a glimpse of a major writer when he was young and just beginning to flex his muscles, and also serves as an enduring no-nonsense guide for the first-time traveler to Europe and the Holy Land. The trip stimulates Twain to meditate on how the "new world" is different from the "old" and engenders reflections on what a society must be like to be thought of as genuinely "civilized." The Innocents Abroad is alternately profound and profoundly entertaining. Twain may find himself exasperated or exhausted--but the story he tells is never dull. It is no wonder that the book was a hit on both sides of the Atlantic.
| ISBN-13 | 9780195101324 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0195101324 |
| Weight | 2.80 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 6.50 x 2.00 x 9.00 In |
| List Price | $27.00 |
| Format | Hardcover |
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| Language | English |
| Pages | 784 pages |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Published On | 1996-12-05 |
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