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A Tramp Abroad

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Original author: Mark Twain

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"A Tramp Abroad" by Mark Twain is a work of travel literature published in 1880. The book follows Twain and his companion Harris through Germany, the Alps, and Italy, ostensibly on foot—though they frequently find other means of transport. Twain plays the classic American tourist, confidently misunderstanding everything he encounters. Blending autobiography with fiction, humorous observations with invented German legends, and narratives with satirical essays on topics like "The Awful German Language," this fourth travel book offers a comedic journey through nineteenth-century Europe's landscapes and customs.

A Tramp Abroad, by Mark Twain. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #119.

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58 Chapters

  1. 1.Front Matter341 words
  2. 2.Chapter I: The Knighted Knave of Bergen1,414 words
  3. 3.Chapter II: Heidelberg2,923 words
  4. 4.Chapter III: Baker's Bluejay Yarn1,399 words
  5. 5.Chapter IV: Student Life1,736 words
  6. 6.Chapter V: At the Students' Dueling-Ground1,672 words
  7. 7.Chapter VI: A Sport that Sometimes Kills1,339 words
  8. 8.Chapter VII: How Bismark Fought2,320 words
  9. 9.Chapter VIII: The Great French Duel3,336 words
  10. 10.Chapter IX: What the Beautiful Maiden Said1,693 words
  11. 11.Chapter X: How Wagner Operas Bang Along2,667 words
  12. 12.Chapter XI: I Paint a “Turner”1,738 words
  13. 13.Chapter XII: What the Wives Saved1,652 words
  14. 14.Chapter XIII: My Long Crawl in the Dark2,239 words
  15. 15.Chapter XIV: Rafting Down the Neckar1,839 words
  16. 16.Chapter XV: Charming Waterside Pictures2,224 words
  17. 17.Chapter XVI: An Ancient Legend of the Rhine The Lorelei1,979 words
  18. 18.Chapter XVII: Why Germans Wear Spectacles2,716 words
  19. 19.Chapter XVIII: The Kindly Courtesy of Germans2,761 words
  20. 20.Chapter XIX: The Deadly Jest of Dilsberg3,350 words
  21. 21.Chapter XX: My Precious, Priceless Tear-Jug2,467 words
  22. 22.Chapter XXI: Insolent Shopkeepers and Gabbling Americans3,210 words
  23. 23.Chapter XXII: The Black Forest and Its Treasures3,585 words
  24. 24.Chapter XXIII: Nicodemus Dodge and the Skeleton2,433 words
  25. 25.Chapter XXIV: I Protect the Empress of Germany2,343 words
  26. 26.Chapter XXV: Hunted by the Little Chamois4,203 words
  27. 27.Chapter XXVI: The Nest of the Cuckoo-clock3,381 words
  28. 28.Chapter XXVII: I Spare an Awful Bore2,897 words
  29. 29.Chapter XXVIII: The Jodel and Its Native Wilds4,163 words
  1. 30.Chapter XXIX: Looking West for Sunrise1,746 words
  2. 31.Chapter XXX: Harris Climbs Mountains for Me3,156 words
  3. 32.Chapter XXXI: Alp-scaling by Carriage3,602 words
  4. 33.Chapter XXXII: The Jungfrau, the Bride, and the Piano2,852 words
  5. 34.Chapter XXXIII: We Climb Far--by Buggy2,506 words
  6. 35.Chapter XXXIV: The World's Highest Pig Farm3,605 words
  7. 36.Chapter XXXV: Swindling the Coroner4,811 words
  8. 37.Chapter XXXVI: The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing3,969 words
  9. 38.Chapter XXXVII: Our Imposing Column Starts Upward3,918 words
  10. 39.Chapter XXXVIII: I Conquer the Gorner Grat4,127 words
  11. 40.Chapter XXXIX: We Travel by Glacier2,528 words
  12. 41.Chapter XL: Piteous Relics at Chamonix3,153 words
  13. 42.Chapter XLI: The Fearful Disaster of 18651,771 words
  14. 43.Chapter XLII: Chillon has a Nice, Roomy Dungeon3,233 words
  15. 44.Chapter XLIV: Looking at Mont Blanc--Telescopic Effect--A Proposed231 words
  16. 45.Chapter XLIII: My Poor Sick Friend Disappointed3,228 words
  17. 46.Chapter XLIX: I Scale Mont Blanc--by Telescope3,021 words
  18. 47.Chapter XLV: A Catastrophe Which Cost Eleven Lives734 words
  19. 48.Chapter XLVI: Meeting a Hog on a Precipice2,382 words
  20. 49.Chapter XLVII: Queer European Manners3,751 words
  21. 50.Chapter XLVIII: Beauty of Women--and of Old Masters3,298 words
  22. 51.Chapter XLIX: Hanged with a Golden Rope2,904 words
  23. 52.Chapter L: Titian Bad and Titian Good1,327 words
  24. 53.Appendix: A1,873 words
  25. 54.Appendix: B2,510 words
  26. 55.Appendix: C2,175 words
  27. 56.Appendix: D7,271 words
  28. 57.Appendix: E1,839 words
  29. 58.Appendix: F2,151 words