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Mark Twain Jane Jacobs

The Innocents Abroad

or, The New Pilgrims' Progress

Mark Twain,  Jane Jacobs

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English
Modern Library Inc
15 February 2003
Classic fiction (pre c 1945); Classic travel writing
Series: Modern Library Classics
The Innocents Abroad 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 ""New Barbarians"" and the European ""Old World"" provides much comic fodder for Mark Twain-and a remarkably perceptive lens on the human condition. Gleefully skewering the ethos of American tourism in Europe, Twain's lively satire ultimately reveals just what it is that defines cultural identity. As Twain himself points out, ""Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime."" And Jane Jacobs observes in her Introduction, ""If the reader is American, he may also find himself on a tour of his own psyche.""
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Imprint:   Modern Library Inc
Country of Publication:   United States
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Height: 203mm,  Width: 133mm,  Spine: 30mm
Weight:   430g
ISBN:   9780812967050
ISBN 10:   0812967054
Series:   Modern Library Classics
Pages:   560
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Jane Jacobs's books include The Nature of Economies and The Death and Life of Great American Cities, both of which are available in Modern Library clothbound editions. She lives in Toronto.

Reviews for The Innocents Abroad: or, The New Pilgrims' Progress

A classic work . . . [that] marks a critical point in the development of our literature. Leslie A. Fiedler


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