# Dedication explained — The Innocents Abroad

> Chapter companion for The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain.

## What happens

The author dedicates the volume to his aged mother, acknowledging her as his most patient reader and most charitable critic.

## Character check-ins

### The Narrator

The author inscribes the volume to his mother.

## Key lines

> To My Most Patient Reader and Most Charitable Critic, My Aged Mother, This Volume Is Affectionately Inscribed.

This book is lovingly dedicated to my elderly mother, who has been my most patient reader and kindest critic.

_The dedication expresses gratitude and affection toward the author's mother._

## Links

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