Twain's comic account of a shipload of American tourists blundering through Europe and the Holy Land. His irreverent best-selling travel book.
Books mentioned in The Innocents Abroad (7)
The Toilers of the Sea by Victor Hugo: “Cummings--theology; "Revised Statutes of the State of Missouri"--law; "The Complete Horse-Doctor"--medicine; "The Toilers of the Sea," by Victor Hugo--romance; "The works of William Shakspeare"--poetry.”
A Thousand and One Nights: “the true spirit of it can never be found in any book save The Arabian Nights.”
The Land and the Book by William M. Thomson: “There were plenty of fish visible in the water, but we have no outside aids in this pilgrimage but "Tent Life in the Holy Land," "The Land and the Book," and other literature of like description--no fishing-tackle.”
Tent Life in the Holy Land by William C. Prime: “There were plenty of fish visible in the water, but we have no outside aids in this pilgrimage but "Tent Life in the Holy Land," "The Land and the Book," and other literature of like description--no fishing-tackle.”
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas: “We saw the damp, dismal cells in which two of Dumas' heroes passed their confinement--heroes of “Monte Cristo.””
Tam o' Shanter by Robert Burns: “trembling Tam O'Shanter saw the devil and the witches at their orgies that stormy night in “Alloway's auld haunted kirk.””
A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter: “I just got his 'Innocents Abroad.' ... the critics say it's genuine fun.”
Grant by Ron Chernow: “Grant had plenty of time to read, perusing The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain and reading aloud excerpts from Homer's Odyssey to Julia.”