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 | 
“In former times the Morocco rascals used to coast along the Spanish Main in their boats till a safe opportunity seemed to present itself, and then dart in and capture a Spanish village and carry off all the pretty women they could find. It was a pleasant business, and was very popular.”
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New to Serial Reader! One of Mark Twain‘s bestselling books — a humorous and entertaining journey through the Old World. May be your perfect poolside read? Is it summer yet?? ☀️🏝 #serialreader
Day 5 of #requiredreadingredo is tough, as I don't like any other works of the RR authors I can call to mind. Instead, I'll chose a work by an author I wish we read in school: Twain. I loved Innocents Abroad. His description of his travels 150 years ago was very interesting, and his poking fun at his traveling companions was highly entertaining. (Though at times his perceptions of the native people were not as enlightened as one would have wished)
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1869 Illustrated Edition #OldCoolBooks #Masterpiece @ Linsy
Just saw a special on Twain's journey to Jerusalem that inspired this book, and am wondering: have any followers of mine read this one? Thoughts? General comments about Mark Twain? I'm considering checking out this book.
Classic authors/books/literature are very much not my forte. I think I've only ever voluntarily read a classic (not a mandatory class assignment) once in my life. I am that much of a heathen. Pls help me out, classics fans.
A gift from a friend who knows me well. You can never have too many bookmarks.
Twain is my favorite #bookmark, and, for even more fun, read his non-fiction travelogues as if they were being narrated by David Sedaris. It works really well.
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.
pickSo, for a new reading experience, pick up Innocents Abroad, but read it in "David Sedaris Voice", like Sedaris is reading one of his new essays about his trip to France on NPR. It works great for all Twain non-fiction, but especially his travel writing.
pickSo, for a new reading experience, pick up Innocents Abroad, but read it in "David Sedaris Voice", like Sedaris is reading one of his new essays about his trip to France on NPR. It works great for all Twain non-fiction, but especially his travel writing.
This minimalistic cover sure expresses the variety and delight of world travel, don't ya think? 😉
#augustphotochallenge #augustofpages #minimalisticcovers #day6
This minimalistic cover sure expresses the variety and delight of world travel, don't ya think? 😉
#augustphotochallenge #augustofpages #minimalisticcovers #day6
"We had entertained an angel unawares but we did not take her in. She did that for us."
pickWhat a wonderful view on good old Europe. Loved the story - still love it.
Twain's humor and sarcasm are so timeless. Sometimes looking at an old civil war era photo, you'll see someone that just looks *modern*. Like if you saw them walking down the street today they wouldn't look 200 years out of place. Twain's writing is like that.
