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A Tramp Abroad

  • 411 pages · about 7 hours
  • First published 1880
  • 197 editions
  • Free to read

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1 About this book

Twain's account of traveling in Europe. A Tramp Abroad sparkles with the author's shrewd observations and highly opinionated comments on Old World culture. A Tramp Abroad includes among its adventures a voyage by raft down the Neckar and an ascent of Mont Blanc by telescope, as well as the author's attempts to study art.

Good for readers who want: humor, adventure, and a book they can read free online.

  • Biography
  • Voyages and travels
  • Voyages around the world
  • Humor
  • Adventure
  • Astronomy
  • Americans in fiction
  • Description and travel

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3 About Mark Twain

1835–1910

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist. He has been praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced", with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature".

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