Books with title The innocents abroad

Innocents Abroad is a travel book which humorously chronicles the trip Twain called his "Great Pleasure Excursion," on board the chartered vessel Quaker City through Europe and the Holy Land in 1867. The excursion was billed as a Holy Land expedition, with numerous stops and side trips along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, such as the train excursion from Marseille to Paris for the 1867 Paris Exhibition during the reign of Napoleon III and the Second French Empire, a journey through the Papal States to Rome, a side trip through the Black Sea to Odessa, and finally culminating in an excursion through the Holy Land. Twain recorded his observations and critiques of the various aspects of culture and society which he encountered on the journey, some more serious than others. Many of his observations draw a contrast between his own experiences and the often grandiose accounts in contemporary travelogues, which were regarded in their own time as indispensable aids for traveling in the region.Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. He is best known for his two novels – The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and its sequel, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, but his satirical stories and travel books are also widely popular. His wit and satire, in prose and in speech, earned him praise from critics and peers. He was lauded as the greatest American humorist of his age.

Innocents Abroad is a travel book which humorously chronicles the trip Twain called his "Great Pleasure Excursion," on board the chartered vessel Quaker City through Europe and the Holy Land in 1867. The excursion was billed as a Holy Land expedition, with numerous stops and side trips along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, such as the train excursion from Marseille to Paris for the 1867 Paris Exhibition during the reign of Napoleon III and the Second French Empire, a journey through the Papal States to Rome, a side trip through the Black Sea to Odessa, and finally culminating in an excursion through the Holy Land. Twain recorded his observations and critiques of the various aspects of culture and society which he encountered on the journey, some more serious than others. Many of his observations draw a contrast between his own experiences and the often grandiose accounts in contemporary travelogues, which were regarded in their own time as indispensable aids for traveling in the region.Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. He is best known for his two novels – The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and its sequel, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, but his satirical stories and travel books are also widely popular. His wit and satire, in prose and in speech, earned him praise from critics and peers. He was lauded as the greatest American humorist of his age.

With an Introduction by Stuart Hutchinson. Who could read the programme for the excursion without longing to make one of the party? So Mark Twain acclaims his voyage from New York City to Europe and the Holy Land in June 1867. His adventures produced The Innocents Abroad, a book so funny and provocative it made him an international star for the rest of his life. He was making his first responses to the Old World - to Paris, Milan, Florence, Venice, Pompeii, Constantinople, Sebastopol, Balaklava, Damascus, Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem. For the first time he was seeing the great paintings and sculptures of the Old Masters . He responded with wonder and amazement, but also with exasperation, irritation, disbelief. Above all he displayed the great energy of his humour, more explosive for us now than for his beguiled contemporaries.

Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain Illustrated and UnabridgedThe Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain consist of an eBook and an Audio Book for Your Listening Enjoyment (The Download Link to Audio Book is inside the eBook).The New York Herald hailed the Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain as “an oasis in the desert of works on foreign travel.” It was a great success when first published and remained the bestselling of all Twain’s works throughout his lifetime. It began as a series of travel letters written by Mark Twain while aboard a retired Civil War ship known as “Quaker City” en route to Europe and the Holy Land in 1867 traveling a distance of over 20,000 miles by land and sea through France, Spain, Italy, Morocco, Russia, Turkey, and Egypt. Mark Twain wrote the letters to record his experiences and for publication in the Alta California, a San Francisco paper that sponsored his participation in the trip to Europe and the Holy Land. The book expresses Twain’s humor in describing his view of such places as Rome, Tangier, Damascus. Marseilles, Gibraltar, and Constantinople and his satire toward tourists who rely on travel guidebooks rather than personal impressions to define their travel experiences. The subject alternates between light-hearted chapters and serious passages involving history, statistics, and descriptions of religious relics, artwork, and architecture, and gives vivid details of his tribulations and amusements at sea in viewing of the “outrageous” cancan in Paris, the witnessing the notable sights of Venice, the observing of the grandeur of St. Peter’s, the ascending Vesuvius, and the contemplation of the remains of Solomon’s Temple. The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain is a classic tale that will delight a wide audience, especially longtime fans of the American humorist and anyone who enjoys an entertaining and enlightening travel book. This edition includes all the illustrations from the original publication.