A Tramp Abroad also contains as an appendix his well-known essay "The Awful German Language," about Twain's difficulties learning German: "Some of the words are so long that they have a perspective." One of the few books famous for its appendices. Twain shows off his characteristic wit, patter, yarn-spinning and exaggeration in this travel narrative through Germany, Switzerland and the Alps, and more.
Bound in original brown pictorial cloth with central gilt-stamped vignette on front board and blind-stamped curved corner rules (BAL state B), gilt-stamped spine, peach endpapers. The first edition is a massive subscription book of 157,000 words in 50 chapters and 6 appendixes. It was a travelogue based on the time Clemens spent in Europe between April 1878 and August 1879. Short ink owner name and bookshelf label on front pastedown. A Tramp Abroadwas first published by American Publishing Company in March 1880. Illustrated with engraved portrait of Twain (BAL state C), facing "Titian's Moses" frontispiece (BAL 2nd state), black-and-white wood engravings throughout. Hartford, American Publishing Company, 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. (Summary by Wikipedia and John Greenman)įor further information, including links to M4B audio book, online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording.įor more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit edition of the famous comedic memoir, a companion to the best-selling Innocents Abroad and a model for later satirical travel narratives like those of David Sedaris and Sarah Vowell. A Tramp Abroad is a work of non-fiction travel literature by American author Mark Twain, published in 1880. 
The term "tramp" is meant as in a "walk-about" and not as in a "bum". The narrator (Twain) plays the part of the American tourist of the time, believing that he understands all that he sees, but in reality understanding none of it. The book is often thought to be an unofficial sequel to an earlier Twain travel book, The Innocents Abroad.Īs the two men make their way through Germany, the Alps, and Italy, they encounter situations made all the more humorous by their reactions to them. While the stated goal of the journey is to walk most of the way, the men find themselves using other forms of transport as they traverse the continent.
Read by John Greenman.Ī Tramp Abroad is a work of non-fiction travel literature by American author Mark Twain, published in 1880. LibriVox recording of A Tramp Abroad, by Mark Twain.
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