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Die Abenteuer des Huckleberry Finn
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn or as it is known in more recent editions, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, is a novel by American author Mark Twain, which was first published in the United Kingdom in December 1884 and in the United States in February 1885.
Commonly named among the Great American Novels, the work is among the first in major American literature to be written throughout in…
Gemeinsame Themen: Travel, Historical Fiction, History
Bummel durch den Wilden Westen
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), better known as "Mark Twain," left Missouri in 1861 to work with his brother, the newly appointed Secretary of the Nevada Territory. Once settled in Nevada, Clemens fell victim to gold fever and went to the Humboldt mines. When prospecting lost its attractions, Clemens found work as a reporter in Virginia City. In 1864, Clemens moved to California and worked…
Gemeinsame Themen: Intellectual life, American Authors, Journeys, Description and travel
Die Wälder von Maine
The Maine Woods is a characteristically Thoreauvian book: a personal account of exploration, of exterior and interior discovery in a natural setting, conveyed in taut, workmanlike prose. Thoreau's evocative renderings of the life of the primitive forest--its mountains, waterways, fauna, flora, and inhabitants--are valuable in themselves. But his impassioned protest against despoilment in the name…
Gemeinsame Themen: American Authors, Journeys, Description and travel, Travel
Walisien
Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery is a travel book by the English Victorian gentleman writer George Borrow (1803–1881), first published in 1862.
Gemeinsame Themen: Journeys, Description and travel, Travel, Social life and customs
Ihre Hochzeitsreise
From the book:They first met in Boston, but the match was made in Europe, where they afterwards saw each other; whither, indeed, he followed her; and there the match was also broken off. Why it was broken off, and why it was renewed after a lapse of years, is part of quite a long love-story, which I do not think myself qualified to rehearse, distrusting my fitness for a sustained or involved…
Gemeinsame Themen: American Authors, Description and travel, Travel, Classic Literature
Ein Tramp in Europa
Twain's account of traveling in Europe. A Tramp Abroad sparkles with the author's shrewd observations and highly opinionated comments on Old World culture. A Tramp Abroad includes among its adventures a voyage by raft down the Neckar and an ascent of Mont Blanc by telescope, as well as the author's attempts to study art.
Gemeinsame Themen: American Authors, Journeys, Description and travel, Travel
Eine Woche auf dem Concord und Merrimack
Thoreau's first book excels at depicting nature around his trip in words.
Gemeinsame Themen: Journeys, Description and travel, Travel, Classic Literature