The Innocents Abroad: Or, the New Pilgrims' Progress (Compact Disc)

The Innocents Abroad: Or, the New Pilgrims' Progress By Mark Twain, Grover Gardner (Read by) Cover Image

The Innocents Abroad: Or, the New Pilgrims' Progress (Compact Disc)

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In June 1867, Mark Twain set out for Europe and the Holy Land on the paddle steamer Quaker City. His enduring, no-nonsense guide for the first-time traveler also served as an antidote to the insufferably romantic travel books of the period.

"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. 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, and disbelief. Above all he displayed the great energy of his humor, more explosive for us now than for his beguiled contemporaries.

Product Details ISBN: 9781441791429
ISBN-10: 1441791426
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
Publication Date: September 1st, 2011
Language: English