1880 1st ed Mark Twain A Tramp Abroad Travel Illustrated Satire Alps CLASSIC



“That's the difference between governments and individuals. Governments don't care, individuals do.”

– Mark Twain, A Tramp Abroad



This Mark Twain novel, “A Tramp Abroad’ is a natural extension of ‘The Innocents Abroad’ as a travel narrative, a return to the Old World. As a cultural document, it is also a natural continuation of the great popular movement of tourism, wherein the ‘innocent’ becomes a ‘tramp’.” (Melton,78). This adventure voyages book is not one of Twain’s finer works, as many readers feel he rambles and lacks a sense of direction, but by writing with a sense of ironic prose and satire, “A Tramp Abroad” is still a desirable and recognizable Twain novel.



Twain's third travel book describing his month-long trip to central and southern Europe in the summer of 1878 with his friend, Reverend Joseph Twitchell A very enjoyable and humorous work, in which the author blends autobiography and fiction, facts and tall tales.



Item number: #8959

Price: $499



TWAIN, Mark



A Tramp abroad



Hartford, Conn.: American Pub. Co.; London: Chatto & Windus, 1880. First edition.



Details:

Collation: Complete with all pages

xvi, 17-631

328 illustrations throughout

References: BAL 3386; Melton, Twain, Travel Books;

Notes on edition: (from BAL)

Frontispiece caption - ‘Titian’s Moses’

Language: English

Binding: Hardcover; tight & secure

Size: ~9in X 61/8in x 15/8 (23cm x 15.5cm x 4cm)



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