Innocents Abroad, Vol 1

by Mark Twain

CONTENTSbr/br/br/ CHAPTER I.br/Popular Talk of the Excursion--Programme of the Trip--Duly Ticketed forbr/the Excursion--Defection of the Celebritiesbr/br/ CHAPTER II.br/Grand Preparations--An Imposing Dignitary--The European Exodusbr/--Mr. Blucher's Opinion--Stateroom No. 10--The Assembling of the Clansbr/--At Sea at Lastbr/br/ CHAPTER III.br/"Averaging" the Passengers--Far, far at Sea.--Tribulation among thebr/Patriarchs--Seeking Amusement under Difficulties--Five Captains in thebr/Shipbr/br/ CHAPTER IV.br/The Pilgrims Becoming Domesticated--Pilgrim Life at Seabr/--"Horse-Billiards"--The "Synagogue"--The Writing School--Jack's "Journal"br/--The "Q. C. Club"--The Magic Lantern--State Ball on Deck--Mock Trialsbr/--Charades--Pilgrim Solemnity--Slow Music--The Executive Officer Deliversbr/an Opinionbr/br/ CHAPTER V.br/Summer in Mid-Atlantic--An Eccentric Moon--Mr. Blucher Loses Confidencebr/--The Mystery of "Ship Time"--The Denizens of the Deep--"Land Hoh"br/--The First Landing on a Foreign Shore--Sensation among the Nativesbr/--Something about the Azores Islands--Blucher's Disastrous Dinnerbr/--The Happy Resultbr/br/ CHAPTER VI.br/Solid Information--A Fossil Community--Curious Ways and Customsbr/--JesuitHumbuggery--Fantastic Pilgrimizing--Origin of the Russ Pavementbr/--Squaring Accounts with the Fossils--At Sea Againbr/br/ CHAPTER VII.br/A Tempest at Night--Spain and Africa on Exhibition--Greeting a Majesticbr/Stranger--The Pillars of Hercules--The Rock of Gibraltar--Tiresomebr/Repetition--"The Queen's Chair"--Serenity Conquered--Curiosities ofbr/the Secret Caverns--Personnel of Gibraltar--Some Odd Charactersbr/--A Private Frolic in Africa--Bearding a Moorish Garrison (without lossbr/of life)--Vanity Rebuked--Disembarking in the Empire of Moroccobr/br/ CHAPTER VIII.br/The Ancient City of Tangier, Morocco--Strange Sights--A Cradle ofbr/Antiquity--We become Wealthy--How they Rob the Mail in Africa--The Dangerbr/of being Opulent in Moroccobr/br/ CHAPTER IX.br/A Pilgrim--in Deadly Peril--How they Mended the Clock--Moorishbr/Punishments for Crime--Marriage Customs--Looking Several ways for Sundaybr/--Shrewd, Practice of Mohammedan Pilgrims--Reverence for Cats--Bliss ofbr/being a Consul-Generalbr/br/ CHAPTER X.br/Fourth of July at Sea--Mediterranean Sunset--The "Oracle" is Deliveredbr/of an Opinion--Celebration Ceremonies--The Captain's Speech--France inbr/Sight--The Ignorant Native--In Marseilles--Another Blunder--Lost inbr/the Great City--Found Again--A Frenchy Scenebr/br/ CHAPTER XI.br/Getting used to it--No Soap--Bill of Fare, Table d'hote--"An Americanbr/Sir"--A Curious Discovery--The "Pilgrim" Bird--Strange Companionshipbr/--A Grave of the Living--A Long Captivity--Some of Dumas' Heroes--Dungeonbr/of the Famous "Iron Mask."br/br/ CHAPTXR XII.br/A Holiday Flight through France--Summer Garb of the Landscape--Abroadbr/on the Great Plains--Peculiarities of French Cars--French Politenessbr/American Railway Officials--"Twenty Mnutes to Dinner!"--Why therebr/are no Accidents--The "Old Travellers"--Still on the Wing--Paris atbr/Last----French Order and Quiet--Place of the Bastile--Seeing the Sightsbr/--A Barbarous Atrocity--Absurd Billiardsbr/br/ CHAPTER XIII.br/More Trouble--Monsieur Billfinger--Re-Christening the Frenchman--In thebr/Clutches of a Paris Guide--The International Exposition--Fine Militarybr/Review--Glimpse of the Emperor Napoleon and the Sultan of Turkeybr/br/ CHAPTER XIV.br/The Venerable Cathedral of Notre-Dame--Jean Sanspeur's Additionbr/--Treasures and Sacred Relics--The Legend of the Cross--The Morgue--Thebr/Outrageious 'Can-Can'--Blondin Aflame--The Louvre Palace--The Great Parkbr/--Showy Pageantry--Preservation of Noted Thingsbr/br/ CHAPTER XV.br/French National Burying--Ground--Among the Great Dead--The Shrine ofbr/Disappointed Love--The Story of Abelard and Heloise--"English Spokenbr/Here"--"American Drinks Compounded Here"--Imperial Honors to anbr/American--The Over-estimated Grisette--Departure from Paris--A Deliberatebr/Opinion Concerning the Comeliness of American Womenbr/br/ CHAPTER XVI.br/Versailles--Paradise Regained--A Wonderful Park--Paradise Lostbr/--Napoleonic Strategybr/br/ CHAPTER XVII.br/War--The American Forces Victorious--" Home Again"--Italy in Sight

Genres: Classics

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First published January 1, 1869

About the author

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Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist and essayist. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature." His novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), with the latter often called the "Great American Novel." Twain also wrote A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) and Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894), and co-wrote The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (1873) with Charles Dudley Warner.

Reviews

[Anna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Perhaps it is the 150 year time difference that left me feeling disconnected and unsatisfied with this book. I wanted, I would even say expected, to like it; I have generally enjoyed Mark Twain stories, novels and essays, even sometimes when I thought I should have been offended I have found him a funny and engaging read. It starts off well the anticipation and build up to the trip, and the first leg of the journey across the ocean were well told and relatable, but then it seemed to lose focus there were funny episodes every now and then but they were intermingled with a lot of xenophobic bellyaching, now I acknowledge that this is Mark Twain so he probably meant to be funny but to me it felt like a slog as it prevented any feeling of wonder that is the fun of travel, and travel literature. On the other hand I enjoyed a few bits even of the bellyaching and some of his side stories although having nothing to do with the travels he was on were delightful. I may or may not ever finish the book by reading the second volume, particularly as I only bought the first.
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[Olivia Wetzel · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have a set of old, assorted Mark Twain novels, and I just realized that most of them, including this one were only part one...and I don't have part two.

[Lori · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cleverly written journal of Twain’s unravels!

I enjoyed reading the description of the places he visited. He also had a lot to say about his fellow travelers.

[Katherine Wilson · Rating 2 out of 5]

Pretty boring with a few interesting tales. I was given a set of his works for my birthday, so I'll reach in the box and pick out another :)