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Sto caricando le informazioni... The innocents abroad, or, The new pilgrims' progress ; being some account of the steamship Quaker City's pleasure excurs (originale 1869; edizione 1990)di Mark Twain
Informazioni sull'operaGli innocenti all'estero: viaggio in Italia dei nuovi pellegrini di Mark Twain (1869)
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. I would have given this a four if it hadn't gotten so bogged down in the Holy Lands. I really became tedious at one point and I had trouble finishing it. But I loved, loved, loved the European descriptions as well as Turkey, Egypt and the travelers time as desert nomads. Some things never change ... there are still ugly Americans who are utterly clueless when they travel, one may still become overwhelmed by the sheer quantity of churches and Renaissance masterpieces in Italy to the point that it becomes difficult to appreciate them, the proliferation of relics is laughable and the tendency of guides to guide you to shops where they get a cut is still a thing. And much more. I think the book is probably more appreciated by those who have traveled to some of the places he described because you can re-experience those places through his eyes. Perhaps this is why I didn't appreciate the Holy Lands more, since I have never been there. Yes, there is racism and xenophobia in the book, but it is limited and with a couple of exceptions doesn't feel mean-spirited (mainly when it comes to non-Christians). If you're easily offended, maybe you shouldn't read it. If you are able to look past common prejudices of the time, go for it. ( ) I put it down. I can't seem to find a "I will not read" category. "I put it down" still adds on "I will read", "I read", or "I am reading" and I won't pick it up again. I realize it was written by a fabulous writer, in another century and the standards were far different but I did not like reading the racist comments. I've had this book on my shelf for years and finally decided to read it. I love Mark Twain usually but I just couldn't get into it. It may be because I was just not in the right mood for it. I put it aside for now, and may try to pick it up again. I made it about 1/4 of the way through. I like Twain's writing and I love his humour and that came out in this book which is one of his earliest works. He is a passenger on the maiden voyage of one of America's prospective warships. His job is to report back to the States about this trip of a lifetime. The ship sails away to France, Italy, and the Holy Land. The book was written during the Paris World Fair which was in the summer of 1889.
The idea of a steamer-load of Americans going on a prolonged picnic to Europe and the Holy Land is itself almost sufficiently delightful, and it is perhaps praise enough for the author to add that it suffers nothing from his handling. If one considers the fun of making a volume of six hundred octavo pages upon this subject, in compliance with one of the main conditions of a subscription book's success, bigness namely, one has a tolerably fair piece of humor, without troubling Mr. Clements further. It is out of the bounty and abundance of his own nature that he is as amusing in the execution as in the conception of his work. And it is always good-humored humor, too, that he lavishes on his reader, and even in its impudence it is charming; we do not remember where it is indulged at the cost of the weak or helpless side, or where it is insolent, with all its sauciness and irreverence. Appartiene alle Collane EditorialiÈ contenuto inContieneÈ riassunto inHa ispiratoPremi e riconoscimentiElenchi di rilievo
Known as one of American literature's finest humor writers, Mark Twain took on the travel genre in the series of essays, sketches, and observations collected in The Innocents Abroad. From classic fish-out-of-water shenanigans to keen insight into the differences between American culture and its European and Middle Eastern counterparts, this volume is an engaging and rewarding read. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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