The Innocents Abroad — Volume 01 by Mark Twain

"The Innocents Abroad — Volume 01" by Mark Twain is a travel book published in 1869. It humorously chronicles Twain's five-month steamship voyage through Europe and the Holy Land with American travelers in 1867. Twain contrasts his experiences with exaggerated contemporary travelogues, lampooning fellow tourists and challenging romanticized views of history. The narrative explores tensions between ancient heritage and modern commercialization, questioning how the past is preserved, exploited, and remembered. It became Twain's best-selling work during his lifetime. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
Title The Innocents Abroad — Volume 01
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Innocents_Abroad
Credits Produced by David Widger
Reading Level Reading ease score: 65.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Language English
LoC Class PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject Middle East -- Description and travel
Subject Voyages and travels
Subject Europe -- Description and travel
Category Text
eBook-No. 5688
Release Date
Last Update Oct 11, 2022
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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