A Tramp Abroad [Paperback]

Mark Twain (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 18, 2010

A Tramp Abroad, written by legendary author Mark Twain is widely considered to be one of the greatest books of all time. This great classic will surely attract a whole new generation of readers. For many, A Tramp Abroad is required reading for various courses and curriculums. And for others who simply enjoy reading timeless pieces of classic literature, this gem by Mark Twain is highly recommended. Published by Classic Books International and beautifully produced, A Tramp Abroad would make an ideal gift and it should be a part of everyone's personal library.

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“[A Tramp Abroad] is delicious, whether you open it at the sojourn in Heidelberg, or the voyage down the Neckar on a raft, or mountaineering in Switzerland, or the excursion beyond the Alps into Italy.” —William Dean Howells --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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“[A Tramp Abroad] is delicious, whether you open it at the sojourn in Heidelberg, or the voyage down the Neckar on a raft, or mountaineering in Switzerland, or the excursion beyond the Alps into Italy.” —William Dean Howells --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 344 pages
• Publisher: CreateSpace (January 18, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1450520952
• ISBN-13: 978-1450520959
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,733,069 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars FRAUD!!!!!, January 29, 2012

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Jasper Pirasteh - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Tramp Abroad (Paperback)

This book, at $18.95 + shipping, was printed the same day I ordered it. (The back page contains a barcode & printing date.) It is "published" so amateurishly as to make it practically unreadable--unless, that is, you consider a computer printout as readable as an actual book.

In my view, something not professionally typeset & bound & designed by a professional press does not actually even constitute a book, so Amazon carrying this item amounts to fraud. This vendor calling itself 'CreateSpace' publishing is taking public domain texts & mass printing & fake binding them at a hefty profit. Look closely at the cover & font, and you will see that this is true. Please don't get taken like I did. When I finally picked it up three months later to start reading it, I realized, to severe chagrin, that I had been cheated. I hope that's not repeated for others.

4.0 out of 5 stars Classic Travel Writing Stands Test of Time, October 18, 2011

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This review is from: A Tramp Abroad (Paperback)

'Mark Twain' proves that travel writing and humorous annectdote do go together. Time has proved that Twain's writing ages well. I travel in Europe each year and have visited many of the places Twain writes about in 'A Tramp Abroad.' It is 'all here:' the talkative lonely American you can't get rid of, the classy hotels and the small inns, the big plans and lesser accomplishments, shopping for kitsch, the amazingly knowlegible concierges and porters, complaints about 'foreign food' and the splendid scenery and architecture. Twain applies irony and exaggeration in recounting his travels during the last years of the 19th Century and he lards his account with the occaisional American folk humor that was his 'bread and butter.' There are almost 350 pages of text in this edition, including appendices on his frustration with foreign language and a number of other topics. Of course, one day can get to seem much like another on a tour and the challenge in writing a book such as this is to somehow make each similiar experience fresh. Mostly, Mark Twain succeeds. This is a book to savor over several nights or to intersperse with other reading.

1.0 out of 5 stars a very cheap edition of a great classic, October 8, 2011

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This review is from: A Tramp Abroad (Paperback)

This book was produced by a printer whose main concern was to save paper. There isn't even a table of contents! Still, compared with other books I've bought from Amazon, the price was hefty, so this was a shock.