A Tramp Abroad is Mark Twain's humorous travelogue of a walking tour through Germany, the Alps, and Italy. It blends sightseeing, tall tales, and gentle satire of European customs and American travelers. Listeners can enjoy Twain's comic voice and vivid, meandering observations.
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Cover of the original edition (Project Gutenberg, public domain).
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Opening of the book
A TRAMP ABROAD BY MARK TWAIN Portrait.jpg (45K) Moses.jpg (86K) Titlepage.jpg (41K) A TRAMP ABROAD, Part 1 By Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens)
First published in 1880 Illustrations taken from an 1880 First Edition ILLUSTRATIONS: 1. PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR 2. TITIAN’S MOSES 3. THE AUTHOR’S MEMORIES 4. THE BLACK KNIGHT 5. OPENING HIS VIZIER 6. THE ENRAGED EMPEROR 7. THE PORTIER 8. ONE OF THOSE BOYS 9. SCHLOSS HOTEL 10. IN MY CAGE 11. HEIDELBERG CASTLE 12. HEIDELBERG CASTLE, RIVER FRONTAGE 13. THE RETREAT 14. JIM BAKER 15. "A BLUE FLUSH ABOUT IT" 16. COULD NOT SEE IT
17. THE BEER KING 18. THE LECTURER’S AUDIENCE 19. INDUSTRIOUS STUDENTS 20. IDLE STUDENT 21. COMPANIONABLE INTERCOURSE 22. AN IMPOSING SPECTACLE 23. AN ADVERTISEMENT 24. "UNDERSTANDS HIS BUSINESS" 25. THE OLD SURGEON 26. THE FIRST WOUND 27. THE CASTLE COURT 28. WOUNDED 29. FAVORITE STREET COSTUME 30. INEFFACEABLE SCARS 31. PIECE OF SWORD 32. FRENCH CALM 33. THE CHALLENGE ACCEPTED 34. A SEARCH 35. HE SWOONED PONDEROUSLY 36. I ROLLED HIM OVER
37. THE ONE I HIRED 36. THE MARCH TO THE FIELD 39. THE POST OF DANGER 40. THE RECONCILIATION 41. AN OBJECT OF ADMIRATION 42. WAGNER 43. RAGING 44. ROARING 45. SHRIEKING 46. A CUSTOMARY THING 47. ONE OF THE “REST" 48. A CONTRIBUTION BOX 49. CONSPICUOUS 50. TAIL PIECE 51. ONLY A SHRIEK 52. "HE ONLY CRY" 53. LATE COMERS CARED FOR 54. EVIDENTLY DREAMING 55. "TURN ON MORE RAIN" 56. HARRIS ATTENDING THE OPERA
57. PAINTING MY GREAT PICTURE 58. OUR START 59. AN UNKNOWN COSTUME 60. THE TOWER 61. SLOW BUT SURE 62. THE ROBBER CHIEF 63. AN HONEST MAN 64. THE TOWN BY NIGHT 65. GENERATIONS OF BAREFEET 66. OUR BEDROOM 67. PRACTICING 68. PAWING AROUND 69. A NIGHT’S WORK 70. LEAVING HEILBRONN 71. THE CAPTAIN 72. WAITING FOR THE TRAIN 73. A DEEP AND TRANQUIL ECSTACY 74. "WHICH ANSWERED JUST AS WELL" 75. LIFE ON A RAFT 76. LADY GERTRUDE
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