Quint Books is happy to announce the launch of our new book, a new edition of Mark Twain’s The Innocents Abroad.
The book has over 1200 footnotes, intended on making the book more accessible to new generations of readers. Footnotes cover the people, places, and events mentioned in the book, providing context that contemporary reads would have understood, but modern readers might not.
Also included are definitions of words and phrases used in the book, some of which are no longer in use, or used in different ways today. The hundreds of words that are defined are collected in the back of the book in their own index, called the Lexicon.
As you can see is a sample spread below, the book contains the all of the original illustrations from 1869, as well as the original headers at the top of each page.
While reading this edition, readers will find out about history, geography, biography, mythology, as well as connections to other literature, the bible, and art. Everything is captured in an extensive index in the back of the book.
The book is currently available as a paperback and as a print-replica ebook on Amazon. A hardcover should be available soon. All three versions share the same layout and pages (the ebook has removed only blank pages).
This book is the first in the Quint Essential Library, whose goal is to make classic literature more accessible to new generations of readers. Which book would you like to see receive the Quint Essential Library treatment?
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