Excursions
By
Thoreau, Henry David
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Helpful Customer Reviews
Excursions
Steven (The United States)
Wed Jul 01 2009 23:45
Innocents Abroad is different from other Twain works. It is very good, but unfortunately has been invoked repeatedly by idiot Zionists to rationalize all their mythologies. Like all ethnonational fundamentalists, they have no ability to detect irony or nuance, Twain's stocks in trade.
Heather (Cincinnati, OH)
Mon Mar 08 2010 14:14
There was humor in it, but this book is a sincere travelogue, not a comedy. Twain's vivid description of his journey makes me feel like I was there with him; he doesn't hesitate to mock what is ridiculous in the tourist destinations or his fellow travelers, nor to praise what is sublime in them.
Brendan (Brooklyn, NY)
Wed May 28 2008 17:08
Another book I can't believe it took me this long to read. Many parts of it were a bit thick, given the subject matter. Some sections I skimmed through which meant I made one big mistake:
In the Azores Islands (the first stop on the way to Europe 3000 miles from New York and 1000 from L...more...
Christine (Rockdale, TX)
Mon Nov 09 2009 13:45
It was longish. Very much a travelogue, twinged with the racism and imperialism of the time. Couldn't tell if it was vintage ironic Twain or if he really was as obnoxious as he sounded. (Found him to be very much the Ugly American abroad, even with his joking and kidding around and poking fun at him...more...
Emily (The United States)
Sat Dec 12 2009 23:32
Pretty entertaining to hear that Americans were just as unfamiliar with Europe/other cultures/traveling abroad in Mark Twain's days as they are now. A fascinating book that shows not only an excellent view of American culture in the late 19th century, but also a view of Europe and North Africa from ...more...
Maria (The United States)
Tue Mar 17 2009 16:02
Much of this book was hilariously funny; other parts a bit scary (Americans abroad have changed little and it has been more than a hundred years since this was written). The title is apt, however, and I thoroughly enjoyed the journey with Twain through parts of the world where I have not been mysel...more...
Yofish (The United States)
Fri Jan 30 2009 18:21
A bit repetitive, as he travels from land to land. Funny in fits and starts, but a certain sameness to it. Interesting to see the ways the world has and hasn't changed in 150 years. Possibly the format of the particular book I was using (the giant unabridged MT) made it seem somehow longer--with ...more...
Monique (Chicago, IL)
Sat May 23 2009 09:42
I've had this on my shelf for years and finally was able to pick it up and read it to the very end. I think I most enjoyed his romp through Palestine and comparing his reactions with my own, and his running commentary on the entire genre of guidebooks and how much they do influence your own experien...more...
Sbrewer (Bethesda, MD)
Fri Apr 16 2010 23:27
Having read this book as part of a writing course examining the treatment of Islam and "the East" in Western literature, I cannot simply look at it as an example of Mark Twain's humorous writing. It is instead a book that is alternately informative, fascinating, and subtly repulsing. The...more...
Kevin (The United States)
Wed Jun 25 2008 10:26
Classic Mark Twain, a narration of a steamboat excursion to Europe undertaken in 1869. I really enjoyed reading his account of places I had been to while on my mission in Italy; his highly irreverent take on renaissance art and his abuse of tour guides made me laugh out loud on several occasions. ...more...
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