The Innocents Abroad vs The sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Esq: Which Should You Read?

Cover of The Innocents Abroad The Innocents Abroad Mark Twain · 1800 ★★★★☆ 4.3 690 pages · ≈ 12 h 47 m · Demanding

Twain's letters about his steamship voyage of 1867.

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Cover of The sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Esq The sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Esq Washington Irving · 1819 322 pages · ≈ 5 h 58 m · Challenging

The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon is the compilation of 34 short stories and essays by Washington Irving. It includes some of his most famous stories, such as The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle, and was one…

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The Innocents AbroadThe sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Esq
Hardcover 3.9 (24) —
Apple Books 4.5 (202) —

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The Innocents AbroadThe sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Esq
Ratings 202 —
Editions 178 351
Film adaptations 1 —
Pages 690 322

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