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The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain
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did not like it
bookshelves: italy, memoir-biography, france, israel, turkey, travelogues

I love Mark Twains’s wit and humor and I really wanted to like this. The cover of the edition that I have is gorgeous by the way. There were a few funny sarcastic remarks here and there, but otherwise this was probably the most boring book that I’ve read in quite a while.

Some of my favorite quotes:

“Human nature is very much the same all over the world.�

“In Paris they just simply opened their eyes and stared when we spoke to them in French! We never did succeed in making those idiots understand their own language.�
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Reading Progress

Started Reading
April 1, 2018 – Shelved
April 1, 2018 – Shelved as: italy
April 1, 2018 – Shelved as: memoir-biography
April 1, 2018 – Shelved as: france
April 1, 2018 – Shelved as: israel
April 1, 2018 – Shelved as: turkey
April 1, 2018 – Finished Reading
April 8, 2018 – Shelved as: travelogues

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message 1: by Patrick (new) - added it
Aug 04, 2020 06:47AM

Patrick Peterson Funny, but I remember reading part of this book inn a High School English class and loving it, thinking the satire was fantastic - the "innocents" were more like idiots.


message 2: by Negin (new) - rated it 1 star
Aug 04, 2020 11:24PM

Negin Patrick wrote: "Funny, but I remember reading part of this book inn a High School English class and loving it, thinking the satire was fantastic - the "innocents" were more like idiots."
In my case, it may have been the timing. Whether or not I enjoy a book often has so much to do with timing.


message 3: by Patrick (new) - added it
Aug 05, 2020 04:34AM

Patrick Peterson Certainly true for me too, and I bet most everyone!
Timing can indeed be almost everything.


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