A Tramp Abroad

Comedy· A Tramp Abroad· Mark Twain

A Tramp Abroad

by Mark Twain

A Tramp Abroad by Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain) is a humorous travel book recounting the author’s journey through Germany, Switzerland, Italy, and other parts of Europe. Traveling on foot, by train, and by various other means…

Read the full description

A Tramp Abroad by Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain) is a humorous travel book recounting the author’s journey through Germany, Switzerland, Italy, and other parts of Europe. Traveling on foot, by train, and by various other means, Twain describes landscapes, cities, customs, art, food, and encounters with local people. His observations are frequently exaggerated for comic effect, turning ordinary travel experiences into entertaining adventures. Blending memoir, travel writing, satire, and fictional episodes, the book offers a witty and often irreverent view of Europe through the eyes of an American traveler.

About this book

A Tramp Abroad by Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain) is a humorous travel book recounting the author’s journey through Germany, Switzerland, Italy, and other parts of Europe. Traveling on foot, by train, and by various other means, Twain describes landscapes, cities, customs, art, food, and encounters with local people. His observations are frequently exaggerated for comic effect, turning ordinary travel experiences into entertaining adventures. Blending memoir, travel writing, satire, and fictional episodes, the book offers a witty and often irreverent view of Europe through the eyes of an American traveler.

Free edition

Free
Start reading

Instant access · Read in the browser or in the app

Published
10 September 2026
Format
Book
Extent
51 chapters
Language
EN
Chapters
51
Language
English
On Lithril
September 2026

Chapters

Included with the book

  • 011. [The Knighted Knave of Bergen]Read
  • 022. HeidelbergRead
  • 033. Baker's Bluejay YarnRead
  • 044. Student LifeRead
  • 055. At the Students' Dueling-GroundRead
  • 066. [A Sport that Sometimes Kills]Read
  • 077. [How Bismark Fought]Read
  • 088. The Great French DuelRead
  • 099. [What the Beautiful Maiden Said]Read
  • 1010. [How Wagner Operas Bang Along]Read
  • 1111. [I Paint a “Turner”]Read
  • 1212. [What the Wives Saved]Read
  • 1313. [My Long Crawl in the Dark]Read
  • 1414. [Rafting Down the Neckar]Read
  • 1515. [Charming Waterside Pictures]Read
  • 1616. An Ancient Legend of the Rhine [The Lorelei]Read
  • 1717. [Why Germans Wear Spectacles]Read
  • 1818. [The Kindly Courtesy of Germans]Read
  • 1919. [The Deadly Jest of Dilsberg]Read
  • 2020. [My Precious, Priceless Tear-Jug]Read
  • 2121. [Insolent Shopkeepers and Gabbling Americans]Read
  • 2222. [The Black Forest and Its Treasures]Read
  • 2323. [Nicodemus Dodge and the Skeleton]Read
  • 2424. [I Protect the Empress of Germany]Read
  • 2525. [Hunted by the Little Chamois]Read
  • 2626. [The Nest of the Cuckoo-clock]Read
  • 2727. [I Spare an Awful Bore]Read
  • 2828. [The Jodel and Its Native Wilds]Read
  • 2929. [Looking West for Sunrise]Read
  • 3030. [Harris Climbs Mountains for Me]Read
  • 3131. [Alp-scaling by Carriage]Read
  • 3232. [The Jungfrau, the Bride, and the Piano]Read
  • 3333. [We Climb Far--by Buggy]Read
  • 3434. [The World's Highest Pig Farm]Read
  • 3535. [Swindling the Coroner]Read
  • 3636. [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing]Read
  • 3737. [Our Imposing Column Starts Upward]Read
  • 3838. [I Conquer the Gorner Grat]Read
  • 3939. [We Travel by Glacier]Read
  • 4040. [Piteous Relics at Chamonix]Read
  • 4141. [The Fearful Disaster of 1865]Read
  • 4242. [Chillon has a Nice, Roomy Dungeon]Read
  • 4343. AppendixRead
  • 4444. [My Poor Sick Friend Disappointed]Read
  • 4545. [I Scale Mont Blanc--by Telescope]Read
  • 4646. A Catastrophe Which Cost Eleven LivesRead
  • 4747. [Meeting a Hog on a Precipice]Read
  • 4848. [Queer European Manners]Read
  • 4949. [Beauty of Women--and of Old Masters]Read
  • 5050. [Hanged with a Golden Rope]Read
  • 5151. [Titian Bad and Titian Good]Read

What readers said

No one has written about this book yet

Be the first. Your review helps the next reader decide, and it takes a minute.

Sign in to write a review