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A Tramp Abroad is a work of travel literature, including a mixture of autobiography and fictional events, by American author Mark Twain, published in 1880.The book details a journey by the author, with his friend Harris (a character created for the book, and based on his closest friend, Joseph Twichell), through central and southern Europe.
Reverend Joseph Hopkins Twichell (November 30, 1838 – December 20, 1918) was a writer and Congregational minister from Hartford, Connecticut.He was a close friend of writer Mark Twain for over forty years and is believed to be the model for the character "Harris" in A Tramp Abroad.
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689–1762) – known for the letters she wrote during several trips abroad, which were important for later female travel writers. These letters include: Turkish Embassy Letters – letters describing her life as an ambassador's wife in Turkey, important as one of the earliest discussions of the Muslim world by a woman
Following the Equator (sometimes titled More Tramps Abroad) is a non-fiction social commentary in the form of a travelogue published by Mark Twain in 1897. Twain was practically bankrupt in 1894 due to investing heavily into the failed Paige Compositor .
Equestrian Portrait of Maria Amalia of Saxony; American Collectors (Fred and Marcia Weisman) Amrita Sher-Gil Self Portrait (1931) Amrita Sher-Gil Self-Portrait 7 (1930) Portrait of My Wife, the Painter Anna Ancher; Antea (Parmigianino) Arab Woman (watercolor) L'Arlésienne (painting) Portrait of the Artist's Mother (Van Gogh)
The book relates to Sackville-West's complicated marriage to writer and politician Harold Nicolson. Two chapters are written by Sackville-West. Two chapters are written by Sackville-West. They are centred on herself and her passion for Violet Trefusis for whom she abandoned Harold Nicolson, Vita's bisexual husband and her two children, Nigel ...
54-year-old Slovenian-American Melania, a former fashion model who served as the first lady from 2017 to 2021, details how she felt “violated” by the FBI raid in her memoir.
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