Mark Twain

Gebundenes Buch

The Innocents Abroad

Quint Essential Edition

Herausgeber: Trauring, Philip

Beschreibung

An annotated edition of Mark Twain's The Innocents Abroad, Twain's best-selling book in his lifetime, and the book that made him an international celebrity. This edition includes:All original illustrations from the first edition. Over 1200 footnotes covering the people, places, events, and even the words used in this classic travel book. Eight Appendixes, including information on the passengers, officers, and crew. A lexicon including hundreds of words, all defined in the book. A comprehensive index. Published in 1869, the book is based on what was the first organized cruise ship journey, taking a group of wealthy American tourists (and Twain) to Europe and the Middle East. Twain and his fellow excursionists visited the Azores, Gibraltar, Greece, Italy, France, Spain, Morocco, and the Ottoman Empire (in locations that today would be Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, and Israel). The book looks at Americans and Europeans, and the art and literature that made up the Western canon up to that point. Twain finds himself an art critic visiting some of the most famous works of art in France and Italy, giving his very American perspective. Twain navigates many quarantines due to cholera in that pre-antibiotic age. Woven into the book are his knowledge of the Bible and literary works. Finally his travels in the Holy Land shatter his romantic view of the land based on the Bible and previous authors' descriptions of the land.

Autor

Mark Twain (1835-1910) A legendary American writer and humourist, Mark Twain authored twenty eight books and many sketches and short stories. His real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910). He was born and brought up in the American state of Missouri. He left school to earn his living when he was only twelve following the death of his father. He was a great adventurer and travelled around America. He returned to his native place to become a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River. The Civil War put an end to steam-boating and Clemens joined the Confederate army. He was already engaged in newspaper reporting and became a successful journalist. He started to use the alias Mark Twain during the Civil War and this pen name made him a famous travel writer. Mark Twain was nostalgic about his childhood and in 1876 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer was published, based on his own experiences. The book was soon recognised as a work of genius. Mark Twain was soon famous all over the world. He earned money from writing and lost it on a typesetter he invented. He then made another fortune and lost it on a bad investment. He was an impetuous, hot-tempered man but was also quite sentimental and superstitious. Twain was born when Halley's Comet was passing the Earth and he always believed he would die when the comet returned - the same happened exactly.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Quint Books
• Seitenzahl: 736
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Juni 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 44mm
• Gewicht: 1198g
• ISBN-13: 9798990999817
• Artikelnr.: 71623134