Series: The World's Best Reading Hardcover: 432 pages Publisher: Reader's Digest Association 1st edition (1990) Language: English ISBN-10: 0895773392 ISBN-13: 978-0895773395 Package Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.9 x 1.3 inches Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds.

Seller Rating: Contact seller Book Used - Hardcover Condition: Fair US 4.99 Convert currency Free shipping Within U.S.A. 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.' Light green cover. Published by Harper & Brothers, 1911 Seller: Redux Books, Grand Rapids, U.S.A. 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. An edition of The Innocents Abroad (1800) The innocents abroad or, The new pilgrims progress. The Innocents Abroad, or the New Pilgrims' Progress: Being Some Account of the Steamship Quaker City's Pleasure Excursion to Europe and the Holy Land (The World's Best Reading). The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain, 1911, Grosset & Dunlap edition, It looks like youre offline.

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