A Tramp Abroad (Illustrated Edition)
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Publisher Description
*Illustrated with dozens of pictures of the original illustrations, Twain, his life and work.
*Includes Table of Contents
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist best known for his novels, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876), and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), the latter often called "the Great American Novel."
He achieved great success as a writer and public speaker, becoming a national celebrity during his day. His wit and satire earned praise from critics and peers, and he became a friend to presidents, artists, industrialists, and European royalty.
A Tramp Abroad was written as part of a series of five non-fiction travel books by Twain, documenting his journey through central and southern Europe with a male companion, closely based on his friend Joseph Twichell. It is similar to and often considered a sequel of the very popular The Innocents Abroad.
This edition of A Tramp Abroad is specially formatted with a Table of Contents and is illustrated with pictures of the famous writer and the story’s original illustrations.
Customer Reviews
Very good book. Very bad medium
This is a wonderful book. More so for the way it is written than the content, which is still noteworthy. The humour and personalisation of any subject he cared to focus on - or dispatch offhand - is priceless. His satire is presented almost as unassuming observations, making it all the more deliciously funny.
From his note on the meticulously presented Italian police to general human conditions such as pride, prejudice and foolishness, I am left with a feeling that human nature does not change much over centuries.
Whilst knowing that so much would have changed, I am also now keen to visit Heidelberg, The Alps and the Doge's Palace (the latter also inspired by a painting by Canaletto).
Saying all that, I found it increasingly difficult to navigate the book because it of the very slow to zero responsiveness of the iBook over the last quarter of the book (and this is on a brand new near-empty iPad mini). Further, there were absolutely no illustrations in this "illustrated edition". Disappointing, as I was able to see the illustrations on my free ebook reader for Blackberry, reading a free copy of this book from the Gutenberg Project. These technical faults really took away a lot from the overall enjoyment.