It is a capital work for summer reading." While the prevailing tone of the book is humorous, there is a great deal of interesting information contained in its pages. It is embellished with 234 Illustrations. C LEMENS.) This is an amusing account of the Steamship Quaker City's Pleasure Excursion to Europe and the Holy Land with descriptions of countries, nations, incidents and adventures, as they appeared to that comic genius, Mark Twain. "T HE I NNOCENTS A BROAD OR, T HE N EW P ILGRIM'S P ROGRESS.
A San Francisco newspaper actually sponsored his trip, culminating in a series of travel letters that later became the book. There are some occasional serious descriptions on the region's history, but Twain rather is rather quick to get back to his normal witty and entertaining writing style. The “Great Pleasure Excursion” starts with a departure from New York on the retired Civil War ship Quaker City to Gibraltar and Marseille, then by train to Paris, Venice, Florence and Rome, back to sea to Athens, Odessa, Constantinople (now Istanbul), culminating in an excursion through Jerusalem and Egypt. His narration is excruciatingly blunt, amusingly mocking, and sometimes harshly critical. Imagine a steamer full of Americans off to Europe with Mark Twain as a traveling companion, spewing irreverent observations and shrewd commentary along the way on the places visited, on the habits of fellow passengers, and on reactions to different cultures. His humorous recount shares his 1867 voyage to Europe and his pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
One of the best-selling travel books of all time, The Innocents Abroad, is a travelogue by the illustrious American author Mark Twain.
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