The Innocents Abroad
Format: kindle
ISBN:
9781625394507
Publish date: March 28th 2013
Publisher: Waxkeep Publishing
Pages no: 381
Edition language: English
Oh Quaker City! I miss you already!This excursion is just Great!And Mark Twain is just Hilarious!It's the first travel book I read and I think it'll be the best. What I liked the most about Twain is that he was really honest. He didn't act like an arrogant educated person who describes everything in...
Maybe 4 1/2 stars? Frequently hilarious, could be tightened up a bit, particularly in the Holy Land section.
I gave up on the audiobook about 3/4 in. The narrator's voice has an annoying combination of atonal hoarseness and nasalness that never stopped bothering me. I enjoy Twain's use of language and dry humor, but had not yet read his travelogues. Since they predate his famous novels, it's interesting to...
I've only ever read parts of this. I should finish.
Mark Twain is one of my favorite authors, and this is one of my favorite Twain books. I love his sarcastic humor as much as I love his view into the lives of another time.