![]() ![]() There are attempts to speak French to the French fear at the hands of demon barbers overzealous tour guides and large doses of religious fervour. ![]() From Tangier to Versailles, Odessa, the Dead Sea and the Pyramids of Egypt, Twain’s acerbic reporting leaves no person or place off-limits. When the fledgling journalist boarded the steamship Quaker City in 1867, it was the dawn of the age of tourism, and his acutely observed and humorous account of the five-month grand tour of Europe, Egypt and the Holy Land captivated readers … as it still does today. Largely remembered for his novels, Mark Twain achieved his greatest literary success within his lifetime with The Innocents Abroad. ![]()
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