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Share Link copied Format epub Published May 02, 2026 Rating No reviews yet ![The Innocents Abroad — Volume 04](https://fls-a13cb2d7-1b3e-4883-a0bd-297afd110a11.367be3a2035528943240074d0096e0cd.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/works/01kqndm816t7cv4gna0c1d6xs1/editions/2026-09-06-html-v1/cover.png?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=d29ce3bb571c165c97a702f29f7aee93%2F20260915%2Fauto%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260915T122949Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=1fb69c52f00f40bc7289ada9b753affb6ab5e7a35aa63cfa5e8dddcf440b11c7) ## About this work In Volume 4 of The Innocents Abroad, Mark Twain’s travelling party moves through a landscape where the past is never safely past. Pompeii rises from ash and silence; Athens reveals its ruined splendour; the Archipelago and the Dardanelles open a path toward Constantinople. In Russia, the travellers encounter imperial ceremony, the Emperor and Empress, and the curious theatre of official hospitality. Then the voyage turns toward Asia Minor, ancient Smyrna, the Seven Churches, and Ephesus, with legends, relics, processions, and troublesome donkeys along the way. Twain observes monuments and customs with equal curiosity—and equal readiness to puncture pretension. His account brings together history, spectacle, humour, and the unpredictable business of travel, accompanied in this edition by a contents list and illustrations from earlier editions. This public-domain volume presents Chapters 31 to 40 of a journey through Europe and the Middle East. This Publica.now Classics edition includes a new typographic cover and publisher opening and closing pages. Sample ## Take a look inside THE INNOCENTS ABROAD Volume 4, Chapters 31 to 40 by Mark Twain \[Cover and Spine from the 1884 Edition\] THE INNOCENTS ABROAD by Mark Twain \[From an 1869—1st Edition\] CONTENTS LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS CHAPTER XXXI. The Buried City of Pompeii—How Dwellings Appear that have been Unoccupied for Eighteen hundred years—The Judgment Seat—Desolation—The Footprints of the Departed—"No Women Admitted"—Theatres, Bakeshops, Schools—Skeletons preserved by the Ashes and Cinders—The Brave Martyr to Duty—Rip Van Winkle—The Perishable Nature of Fame CHAPTER XXXII. At Sea Once More—The Pilgrims all Well—Superb Stromboli—Sicily by Moonlight—Scylla and Charybdis—The "Oracle" at Fault—Skirting the Isles of Greece Ancient Athens—Blockaded by Quarantine and Refused Permission to Enter—Running the Blockade—A Bloodless Midnight Adventure—Turning Robbers from Necessity—Attempt to Carry the Acropolis by Storm—We Fail—Among the Glories of the Past—A World of Ruined Sculpture—A Fairy Vision—Famous Localities—Retreating in Good Order—Captured by the Guards—Travelling in Military State—Safe on Board Again CHAPTER XXXIII. Modern Greece—Fallen Greatness—Sailing Through the Archipelago and the Dardanelles—Footprints of History—The First Shoddy Contractor of whom History gives any Account—Anchored Before Constantinople—Fantastic Fashions—The Ingenious Goose-Rancher—Marvelous Cripples—The Great Mosque—The Thousand and One Columns—The Grand Bazaar of Stamboul CHAPTER XXXIV. Scarcity of Morals and Whiskey—Slave-Girl Market Report—Commercial Morality at a Discount—The Slandered Dogs of Constantinople—Questionable Delights of Newspaperdom in Turkey—Ingenious Italian Journalism—No More Turkish Lunches Desired—The Turkish Bath Fraud—The Narghileh Fraud—Jackplaned by a Native—The Turkish Coffee Fraud CHAPTER XXXV. Sailing Through the Bosporus and the Black Sea—"Far-Away Moses"—Melancholy Sebastopol—Hospitably Received in Russia—Pleasant English People—Desperate Fighting—Relic Hunting—How Travellers Form "Cabinets" CHAPTER XXXVI. Nine Thousand Miles East—Imitation American Town in Russia—Gratitude that Came Too Late—To Visit the Autocrat of All the Russias CHAPTER XXXVII. Summer Home of Royalty—Practising for the Dread Ordeal—Committee on Imperial Address—Reception by the Emperor and Family—Dresses of the Imperial Party—Concentrated Power—Counting the Spoons—At the Grand Duke's—A Charming Villa—A Knightly Figure—The Grand Duchess—A Grand… [ Sign in to buy ](https://publica.now/access?redirect=%2Fcheckout%2Fthe-innocents-abroad-volume-04) The sample continues in the full work. [ #Middle East -- Description and travel ](/search?query=Middle+East+--+Description+and+travel) [ #Voyages and travels ](/search?query=Voyages+and+travels) [ #Europe -- Description and travel ](/search?query=Europe+--+Description+and+travel) ## Reviews No reviews yet. Be the first to share your thoughts. [Sign in to leave a review](https://publica.now/access?redirect=%2Fcreators%2Fvito%2Fworks%2Fthe-innocents-abroad-volume-04) No reviews yet. Be the first to share your thoughts. 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