A Tramp Abroad

A Tramp Abroad ( Original: A Tramp Abroad ) is a semi - fictional, satirical travelogue by American author Mark Twain, who first appeared in 1880.

The book describes a journey of two friends by Germany, the Alps and Italy in 1878. The narrator is Mark Twain himself, who travel companion emulated his friend Joseph Twichell. Both travelers had actually made ​​to cover most of the way on foot, but find yet constantly other ways of getting around. Twain plays on this trip the typical American tourists that time, the supposedly understands everything immediately what he sees, but in truth often lies next to it.

The book is full of satirical exaggeration, as a simple hike in Switzerland is approximately described as extremely costly expedition with a long preparation. It is often viewed as a continuation of Twain's most successful travel story "The Innocents Abroad " by 1869.

In the appendix published Mark Twain the satirical essay " The Awful German Language" ( The Awful German Language), in which he, among other things with the many meanings of " train " and " shock " the long, compound words, the confusing for English speakers grammatical gender and the many rules and exceptions of the German language employed.

Output

  • A Tramp Abroad. German translation in 1892 by Margaret Jacobi; 1963 newly translated by Ana Maria Brock. Zurich 1990, ISBN 3-257-21880- X

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  • Book written by Mark Twain
  • Literary work
  • Literature ( English )
  • Literature (United States)
  • Literature (19th century)
  • Travel literature
  • Satire
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