Europe Revised by Irvin S. Cobb
The book is a satirical travelogue that critiques American society through the lens of European culture. It was written during World War I and reflects the author's disillusionment with modernity. The narrative follows the protagonist, an American tourist, as he travels through Europe, encountering various cultural and social phenomena that highlight the differences between America and Europe.
By Irvin S. Cobb · First published 1947 · Genre: Travel, Humor, Non-fiction · 25 chapters
Contents
- We are Going Away from Here
- My Bonny Lies over the Ocean -- Lies and Lies and Lies
- Bathing Oneself on the other Side
- Jacques, the Forsaken
- When the Seven a. M. Tut-Tut Leaves for Anywhere
- La Belle France being the First Stop
- Thence on and on to Verbotenland
- A Tale of a String-Bean
- The Deadly Poulet Routine
- Modes of the Moment; a Fashion Article
- Dressed to Kill
- Night Life -- with the Life Part Missing
- Our Friend, the Assassin
- That Gay Paresis
- Symptoms of the Disease
- As Done in London
- Britain in Twenty Minutes
- Guyed or Guided?
- Venice and the Venisons
- The Combustible Captain of Vienna
- Old Masters and other Ruins
- Still more Ruins, Mostly Italian Ones
- Muckraking in Old Pompeii
- Mine own People
- Be it Ever so Humble
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