1880 EARLY 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: #22661

Price: $599



TWAIN, Mark



A Tramp Abroad



Hartford, Conn.: American Pub. Co.; London: Chatto & Windus, 1880. Early printing.



Details:

Collation: Complete with all pages

xvi, 17-631, [1]

328 illustrations

References: BAL 3386; Melton, Twain, Travel Books

Notes on edition: (from BAL)

frontispiece caption - ‘Titian’s Moses’

Provenance: Handwritten – Walter D. Shaw, 1880

Language: English

Binding: Leather; tight and secure

Size: ~9in X 6in (22.5cm x 15cm)



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