The innocents abroad ; Roughing it

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Based on a series of letters Mark Twain wrote from Europe to newspapers in San Francisco and New York as a roving correspondent, The Innocents Abroad (1869) is a burlesque of the sentimental travel books popular in the mid-nineteenth century. Twain's fresh and humorous perspective on hallowed European landmarks lacked reverence for the past-the ancient statues of saints on the Cathedral of Notre Dame are "battered and broken-nosed old fellows" and tour guides "interrupt every dream, every pleasant train of thought, with their tiresome cackling." Equally irreverent about American manners (including his own) as he is about European attitudes, Twain ultimately concludes that, for better or worse, "human nature is very much the same all over the world." … celý popis

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Hlavní autor

Mark Twain, 1835-1910

Typ dokumentu

Knihy

Fyzický popis

1027 s. ; 21 cm

Vydáno

New York, N.Y. : Library of America, c1984

Vydání

8th print.

Edice

Library of America

Témata

Twain, Mark, > 1835-1910

19. století

19.-20. století

1835-1910

americká próza > 19.-20. století

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cestopisné prózy

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ISBN

978-1-940450-25-7