6 livres semblables à Un vagabond à l'étranger
La Vie sur le Mississippi
At once a romantic history of a mighty river, an autobiographical account of Twains early steamboat days, and a storehouse of humorous anecdotes and sketches, here is the raw material from which Mark Twain wrote his finest novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Thèmes communs : American Authors, Journeys, Description and travel, Travel
Daisy Miller
A beautiful American girl, Daisy Miller, is pursued by the sophisticated Winterbourne, who moves in fairly conservative circles. Their courtship is frowned upon by the other Americans they meet in Switzerland and Italy because Daisy is too vivacious and flirtatious and neither belongs to, nor follows the rules of, their society. The novella is a comment on American and European attitudes towards…
Thèmes communs : Americans in fiction, Americans, Travel, Adventure
Vivre à la dure
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…
Thèmes communs : American Authors, Journeys, Description and travel, Travel
Le Pays de Galles sauvage
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.
Thèmes communs : Journeys, Description and travel, Travel, Biography & Memoir
Leur voyage de noces
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…
Thèmes communs : American Authors, Description and travel, Travel, Biography & Memoir
Les Innocents à l'étranger
Twain's letters about his steamship voyage of 1867.
Thèmes communs : Journeys, Americans, Description and travel, Travel