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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.
The Awful German Language" is an 1880 essay by Mark Twain published as Appendix D in A Tramp Abroad. [1] The essay is a humorous exploration of the frustrations a native speaker of English has with learning German as a second language.
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.
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 .
A Tramp Abroad (1977) Plymouth Rock and the Pilgrims and Other Salutary Platform Opinions (1984) Papa: An Intimate Biography of Mark Twain by Susy Clemens (1985) Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1985) Mark Twain at His Best: A Comprehensive Sampler (1986) The Outrageous Mark Twain (1987).
A Tramp Abroad; Tramp Royale; Traveling in Sin; Travels with Charley; True at First Light; Two Years Before the Mast; W. A Walk Across America; A Walk in the Woods (book)
The Battle of Prague was a popular piece of music during the late 18th and 19th centuries, with Mark Twain mentioning the piece in his books Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, A Tramp Abroad and Life on the Mississippi, [2] W. M. Thackeray in Vanity Fair, and Thomas Hardy in A Pair of Blue Eyes.
The Tun, c. 1900. The Tun is referenced in Rudolf Erich Raspe's The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Jules Verne's novel Five Weeks in a Balloon, Victor Hugo's Les Misérables, Washington Irving's The Specter Bridegroom, Mary Hazelton Wade's Bertha, Mark Twain's A Tramp Abroad and Wilhelm Busch's Die fromme Helena.