One of the most famous travel books ever written by an American, here is an irreverent and incisive commentary on the "New Barbarians'" encounter with the Old World. Twain's hilarious satire impales with sharp wit both the chauvinist and the cosmopolitan.
Mark Twain (1835-1910) was an American humorist, satirist, social critic, lecturer and novelist. He is mostly remembered for his classic novels The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
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At certain periods it becomes the dearest ambition of a man to keep a faithful record of his performances in a book; and he dashes at this work with an enthusiasm that imposes on him the notion that keeping a journal is the veriest pastime in the world, and the pleasantest. But if he only lives twenty-one days, he will find out that only those rare natures that are made up of pluck, endurance, devotion to duty for duty's sake, and invincible determination may hope to venture upon so tremendous an enterprise as the keeping of a journal and not sustain a shameful defeat. (查看原文)
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1 有用 小黄兔 2014-03-11 16:07:18
游记中算是不错的了。前半部分很好看，后半部分，从土耳其之后就比较郁闷，除了沙漠就是贫穷，环境恶劣，作者不喜欢，作为读者也没兴趣。那些圣经记载的地方，什么耶路撒冷，其辉煌和神圣只存在过去，而非现在。未来，不知道呢