Stroll through Europe
Stroll through Europe (Original: A Tramp Abroad ) is a semi-fictional, satirical travelogue by the American author Mark Twain , which was first published in 1880.
The book describes a trip by two friends through Germany , the Alps and Italy in 1878. The first-person narrator is Mark Twain himself, the travel companion is modeled on his friend Joseph Twichell. Both travelers had actually planned to cover most of the way on foot, but then they always find other ways of getting around. On this trip, Twain plays the typical American tourist of the time, who supposedly immediately understands everything he sees, but in truth is often wrong.
The book is full of satirical exaggerations, for example a simple mountain hike in Switzerland is described as an extremely complex expedition with a long preparation. It is often viewed as a continuation of Twain's hugely successful 1869 travel novel The Guilty Abroad .
In the appendix, Mark Twain published the satirical essay Die schreckliche Deutsche Sprache (The Awful German Language) , in which he deals with the many meanings of "Zug" and "Schlag", the long, compound words, the grammatical gender that is confusing for English speakers and the many rules and exceptions of the German language.
expenditure
- Mark Twain: A Tramp Abroad . American Publishing Company, 1880
- Mark Twain: Stroll through Europe . German translation by Margaret Jacobi in 1892; Translated in 1963 by Ana Maria Brock. Diogenes, Zurich 1990, ISBN 978-3-257-21880-0
Web links
- Mark Twain: A Tramp Abroad. Wikisource , November 24, 2003, accessed June 18, 2020 .