The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark is a paperback for readers who enjoy fiction with real texture to it. Runs to about 560 pages, so it's an easy book to lose an evening to, and a nice one to give.
What it's about
Based on a series of letters Mark Twain wrote from Europe to newspapers in San Francisco and New York as a roving correspondent, The Innocents Abroad (1869) is a burlesque of the sentimental travel books popular in the mid-nineteenth century. Twain's fresh and humorous perspective on hallowed European landmarks lacked reverence for the past-the ancient statues of saints on the Cathedral of Notre Dame are "battered and broken-nosed old fellows" and tour guides "interrupt every dream, every pleasant train of thought, with their tiresome cackling." Equally irreverent about American manners (including his own) as he is about European attitudes, Twain ultimately concludes that, for better or worse, "human nature is very much the same all over the world."
Book details
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 560
- ISBN: 9780142437087
- Published: 2002-07-30
- Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.8 x 2.6 cm
- Category: Non-Fiction
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