A Tramp Abroad

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A Tramp Abroad is a humorous travel narrative by Mark Twain that recounts his satirical observations and misadventures during a journey through Europe.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American literature
humorous novel
satirical work
travel book
author Mark Twain
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
depicts 19th-century European tourism
firstEditionLocation Hartford, Connecticut NERFINISHED
follows The Innocents Abroad
genre humor
satire
travel literature
hasAlternativeTitle A Tramp Abroad
surface form: A Tramp Abroad: Being Some Notes of a Journey through Germany, Switzerland, France, and Italy
hasCharacter Harris
hasForm prose
hasHumorStyle deadpan
hyperbole
irony
hasIllustrationsBy Arthur B. Frost NERFINISHED
Joseph F. Ferdinand
Walter Francis Brown NERFINISHED
hasPart account of a walking tour in the Black Forest
description of a climb of the Rigi
humorous account of the ascent of Mont Blanc
parodies of tourist guidebooks
satirical commentary on European art
influenced later American travel humor
language English
literaryMovement Realism
mainCharacter Mark Twain
mediaType print
narrativePerspective first-person
notableFor comic exaggeration of travel mishaps
parody of conventional travel narratives
satirical observations of European culture
partOf Mark Twain bibliography
publicationDate 1880
publisher American Publishing Company
setIn France
Germany
Italy
Switzerland
targetAudience adult readers
theme absurdity of tourism
clash between American and European customs
unreliable narration
timePeriodOfNarrative late 19th century

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A Tramp Abroad hasAlternativeTitle A Tramp Abroad
this entity surface form: A Tramp Abroad: Being Some Notes of a Journey through Germany, Switzerland, France, and Italy