It is by crawling on the face of it that one learns a country.

Evelyn Waugh

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Topic

Travel

Author

Evelyn Waugh

Source

Ninety-two Days

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1934 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Waugh, Evelyn. Ninety-two Days. Duckworth, 1934, ch. 8.

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Medium
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Language
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Time
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Authentication Score 0
Citation

Niebuhr, Reinhold. Diary entry. 1932.

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Source
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Genre
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Language
English
Time
1869 1860s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Twain, Mark. The Innocents Abroad. Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1869.

Current Citation

Twain, Mark. The Innocents Abroad: or, The New Pilgrims' Progress. Random House Publishing Group, 2003.