The Innocents Abroad

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humor book non-fiction book satirical work travel book

The Innocents Abroad is a humorous travel book by Mark Twain that satirically chronicles his 1867 voyage through Europe and the Holy Land.

Aliases (1)

The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrims' Progress ×2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	humor book → non-fiction book → satirical work → travel book →
author	Mark Twain → Mark Twain → surface form: "Samuel Langhorne Clemens"
basedOn	1867 pleasure cruise to Europe and the Holy Land →
countryOfOrigin	United States of America → surface form: "United States"
describesEvent	Quaker City excursion of 1867 →
featuresCharacter	Mark Twain → surface form: "Mark Twain (narrator-persona)"
featuresLocation	Istanbul → surface form: "Constantinople" Egypt → France → Greece → Italy → Jerusalem → Palestinian territories → surface form: "Palestine" Syria →
firstPublicationForm	newspaper letters →
firstPublicationOutlet	Alta California (newspaper) →
fullTitle	The Innocents Abroad → surface form: "The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrims' Progress"
genre	humor → satire → travel literature →
hasTheme	clash between American and European values → commercialization of the Holy Land → illusion versus reality in travel → skepticism toward religious relics →
literaryStyle	comic → irreverent → satirical →
narrativePerspective	first-person →
notableFor	comic critique of tourism and pilgrims → popularizing Mark Twain as a major American humorist → skeptical treatment of European art and relics →
originalLanguage	English →
partOfAuthorCareerPhase	early works of Mark Twain →
publicationFormat	book →
publicationYear	1869 →
publisher	American Publishing Company →
setting	Europe → Holy Land →
structure	series of travel letters →
subject	American tourists abroad → European culture → religious pilgrimage sites → travel and tourism →
timePeriodDescribed	1867 →

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Quaker City excursion of 1867 → documentedIn → The Innocents Abroad →

A Tramp Abroad → follows → The Innocents Abroad →

The Innocents Abroad → fullTitle → The Innocents Abroad →

this entity surface form: "The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrims' Progress"

Quaker City excursion of 1867 → influencedWork → The Innocents Abroad →

Quaker City excursion of 1867 → madeFamousBy → The Innocents Abroad →

Mark Twain → notableWork → The Innocents Abroad →

Roughing It → precededBy → The Innocents Abroad →

American Publishing Company → publisherOf → The Innocents Abroad →

Quaker City excursion of 1867 → relatedWork → The Innocents Abroad →

this entity surface form: "The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrims' Progress"