The Innocents Abroad: or, The New Pilgrims' Progress (Modern Library Classics)

Twain, Mark

ISBN 10: 0812967054 / ISBN 13: 9780812967050

Published by Random House Publishing Group, 2003

Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc. Seller Inventory # 00097547585

Synopsis:

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."

About the Author: 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.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Innocents Abroad: or, The New Pilgrims' ...
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication Date: 2003
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good