A Tramp Abroad
$44.80
- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
31 August 1998
Summary
Twain’s account of travelling in Europe, A TRAMP ABROAD (1880), sparkles with the author’s shrewd observations and highly opinionated comments on Old World culture, and showcases his unparalleled ability to integrate humorous sketches, autobiographical tidbits, and historical anecdotes in a consistently entertaining narrative. Cast in the form of a walking tour through Germany, Switzerland, France and Italy, A TRAMP ABROAD includes among its adventures a voyage by raft down the Neckar and an …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140436082 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140436081 |
| Author: | Mark Twain, Hamlin Hill, Robert Gray Bruce |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 31 August 1998 |
| Weight: | 356g |
| Dimensions: | 195mm x 131mm x 26mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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“[A Tramp Abroad] is delicious, whether you open it at the sojourn in Heidelberg, or the voyage down the Neckar on a raft, or mountaineering in Switzerland, or the excursion beyond the Alps into Italy.” —William Dean Howells
About The Author
Mark Twain
Samuel Clemens, aka Mark Twain, (1835-1910) was America’s foremost humorist as well as an enduring novelist. He is the author of, among other novels, THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER and THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN, as well as many short works. Hamlin Hill and Robert Gray Bruce both teach in the English Department at Texas A&M University.
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