false <![CDATA[The Innocents Abroad: or, The New Pilgrims' Progress (Modern Library Classics)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1161044880m/2443.jpg 2443 38 <b>The Innocents Abroad </b>is one of the most prominent and influential travel books ever written about Europe and the Holy Land. In it, the collision of the American &#8220;New Barbarians&#8221; and the European &#8220;Old World&#8221; provides much comic fodder for Mark Twain&#8212;and a remarkably perceptive lens on the human condition. Gleefully skewering the ethos of American tourism in Europe, Twain&#8217;s lively satire ultimately reveals just what it is that defines cultural identity. As Twain himself points out, &#8220;Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one&#8217;s lifetime.&#8221; And Jane Jacobs observes in her Introduction, &#8220;If the reader is American, he may also find himself on a tour of his own psyche.&#8221; 6459342 book 1881 The Innocents Abroad: or, The New Pilgrims' Progress (Modern Library Classics) total:1249|5:312|4:505|3:329|2:85|1:18| 1249 4755 1956 134 2443 0812967054 9780812967050 1119 118 The Innocents Abroad: or, The New Pilgrims' Progress (Modern Library Classics) 3.81 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1161044880m/2443.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2443.The_Innocents_Abroad_or_The_New_Pilgrims_Progress 5 3 false Mon Jun 09 12:25:43 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 09 12:28:28 -0700 2008
A funny sacred cow roasting romp through Europe and The Middle East, taking on stereotypes, high society, and decorum with a shotgun blast to the face. However, this is young amused by humanities flaws Mark Twain, not embittered "Fuck the World." M...more...]]> 2443 0812967054 9780812967050 1119 118 The Innocents Abroad: or, The New Pilgrims' Progress (Modern Library Classics) 3.81 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1161044880m/2443.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2443.The_Innocents_Abroad_or_The_New_Pilgrims_Progress 5 2 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1984 Fri Aug 24 18:02:49 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 24 18:14:58 -0700 2007
One word: Ferguson.

Ferguson is every tour gu...more...]]> 2443 0812967054 9780812967050 1119 118 The Innocents Abroad: or, The New Pilgrims' Progress (Modern Library Classics) 3.81 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1161044880m/2443.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2443.The_Innocents_Abroad_or_The_New_Pilgrims_Progress 4 0 false Sun Aug 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 10:31:51 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 10:47:51 -0700 2009 Quaker City in 1867.

Twain blows through the trip as a full-bore American discovering that places outside the good ole USA by and large suck. He and his friends enjoy tormenting...more...]]> 837986 0895773392 9780895773395 6 2 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) 3.81 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1215829259m/837986.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/837986.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 5 1 false Wed Dec 31 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 23 21:45:52 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 01 02:08:57 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2443 0812967054 9780812967050 1119 118 The Innocents Abroad: or, The New Pilgrims' Progress (Modern Library Classics) 3.81 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1161044880m/2443.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2443.The_Innocents_Abroad_or_The_New_Pilgrims_Progress 0 1 false Fri May 09 16:13:49 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 27 09:44:49 -0700 2008 Fri May 09 16:13:49 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2443 0812967054 9780812967050 1119 118 The Innocents Abroad: or, The New Pilgrims' Progress (Modern Library Classics) 3.81 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1161044880m/2443.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2443.The_Innocents_Abroad_or_The_New_Pilgrims_Progress 2 1 false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Oct 09 07:53:39 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 21 10:58:47 -0700 2008
The humor is actually laugh-out-loud humor - and I rarely LOL while reading - but the tedium... oh, the tedium! It became more and more of a trudge.

I may yet give this another try, as...more...]]> 2443 0812967054 9780812967050 1119 118 The Innocents Abroad: or, The New Pilgrims' Progress (Modern Library Classics) 3.81 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1161044880m/2443.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2443.The_Innocents_Abroad_or_The_New_Pilgrims_Progress 3 0 false Mon Oct 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 11:00:26 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 17:12:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 461390 0451525027 9780451525024 47 4 Innocents Abroad (Signet Classics) 3.81 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174957217m/461390.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/461390.Innocents_Abroad 3 1 false Sun Dec 23 18:24:47 -0800 2007 Mon Sep 17 20:03:09 -0700 2007 Sun Dec 23 18:24:22 -0800 2007
alternatively boring and brilliant, but always kind of tedious. and makes a good argument against people who think twain had "complex," "reedemable" views on race.


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It lacks some continuity and is not ...more...]]> 864381 0142437085 9780142437087 3 1 The Innocents Abroad (Penguin Classics) 3.81 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179002727m/864381.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/864381.The_Innocents_Abroad 4 0 false Mon Aug 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 19:34:20 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 13:44:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2443 0812967054 9780812967050 1119 118 The Innocents Abroad: or, The New Pilgrims' Progress (Modern Library Classics) 3.81 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1161044880m/2443.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2443.The_Innocents_Abroad_or_The_New_Pilgrims_Progress 4 0 false Mon Sep 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 11:16:04 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 07:16:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2443 0812967054 9780812967050 1119 118 The Innocents Abroad: or, The New Pilgrims' Progress (Modern Library Classics) 3.81 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1161044880m/2443.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2443.The_Innocents_Abroad_or_The_New_Pilgrims_Progress 4 0 false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Feb 06 07:49:24 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 06 07:49:24 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2443 0812967054 9780812967050 1119 118 The Innocents Abroad: or, The New Pilgrims' Progress (Modern Library Classics) 3.81 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1161044880m/2443.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2443.The_Innocents_Abroad_or_The_New_Pilgrims_Progress 3 1 false Thu May 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 14:30:38 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 14:30:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2010910 0686667115 9780686667117 1 1 Innocents Abroad (Writings of Mark Twain, Parts 1 and 2, Volumes 1 and 2) 3.81 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2010910.Innocents_Abroad 4 0 false Wed Jun 25 08:26:47 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 13 07:52:46 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 08:26:47 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2443 0812967054 9780812967050 1119 118 The Innocents Abroad: or, The New Pilgrims' Progress (Modern Library Classics) 3.81 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1161044880m/2443.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2443.The_Innocents_Abroad_or_The_New_Pilgrims_Progress 4 0 false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 07:39:46 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 07:42:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2443 0812967054 9780812967050 1119 118 The Innocents Abroad: or, The New Pilgrims' Progress (Modern Library Classics) 3.81 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1161044880m/2443.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2443.The_Innocents_Abroad_or_The_New_Pilgrims_Progress 3 0 false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Jan 30 16:21:59 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 16:21:59 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2443 0812967054 9780812967050 1119 118 The Innocents Abroad: or, The New Pilgrims' Progress (Modern Library Classics) 3.81 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1161044880m/2443.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2443.The_Innocents_Abroad_or_The_New_Pilgrims_Progress 5 0 false Tue Mar 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 01 08:19:35 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 17 14:02:20 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 2443 0812967054 9780812967050 1119 118 The Innocents Abroad: or, The New Pilgrims' Progress (Modern Library Classics) 3.81 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1161044880m/2443.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2443.The_Innocents_Abroad_or_The_New_Pilgrims_Progress 4 0 false Sat Dec 12 21:30:41 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 12 21:32:18 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2443 0812967054 9780812967050 1119 118 The Innocents Abroad: or, The New Pilgrims' Progress (Modern Library Classics) 3.81 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1161044880m/2443.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2443.The_Innocents_Abroad_or_The_New_Pilgrims_Progress 3 0 false Mon Nov 09 11:42:52 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 11:45:50 -0800 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2443