The Innocents Abroad: Or, The New Pilgrim’s Progress Audiobook (Free)

In June 1867, Tag Twain set out for Europe and the Holy Land in the paddle steamer Quaker City. His long lasting, no-nonsense guide for the first-time traveller also served as an antidote towards the insufferably passionate travel books of the time.

“Who could browse the program for the excursion without longing to make one of the party?”

So Mark Twain acclaims his voyage from NEW YORK to Europe as well as the Holy Property. His adventures produced The Innocents Abroad, a book so funny and provocative it produced him an international star for the others of his existence. He was making his first responses to the Aged World-to Paris, Milan, Florence, Venice, Pompeii, Constantinople, Sebastopol, Balaklava, Damascus, Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem. For the very first time he was viewing the fantastic paintings and sculptures from the Aged Masters. He responded with question and amazement but also with exasperation, discomfort, and disbelief. Above all he displayed the fantastic energy of his laughter, more explosive for us now than for his beguiled contemporaries.