Reviews of book: The Innocents Abroad: Or the New Pilgrims' Progress

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by Mark Twain

Emad Attely [The Book Nerd] rated it

11 years ago

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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...

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joshmunn rated it

12 years ago

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Maybe 4 1/2 stars? Frequently hilarious, could be tightened up a bit, particularly in the Holy Land section.

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Osho rated it

13 years ago

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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...

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A Book Addict's Musings by Readinghearts rated it

51 years ago

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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.

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