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A Tramp Abroad — Volume 04

Mark Twain

This fourth volume continues the humorous account of Twain's journey through central and southern Europe with his companion Harris.

"A Tramp Abroad — Volume 04" by Mark Twain is a travel book. This fourth volume continues the humorous account of Twain's journey through central and southern Europe with his companion Harris.

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The house was big enough for a hotel; it was a hundred feet long and fifty wide, and ten feet high, from ground to eaves; but from the eaves to the comb of the mighty roof was as much as forty feet, or maybe even more. This roof was of ancient mud-colored straw thatch a foot thick, and was covered all over, except in a few trifling spots, with a thriving and luxurious growth of green vegetation, mainly moss. The mossless spots were places where repairs had been made by the insertion of bright new masses of yellow straw. The eaves projected far down, like sheltering, hospitable wings. Across the gable that fronted the road, and about ten feet above the ground, ran a narrow porch, with a wooden railing; a row of small windows filled with very small panes looked upon the porch. Above were two or three other little windows, one clear up under the sharp apex of the roof. Before the ground-floor door was a huge pile of manure. The door of the second-story room on the side of the house was open, and occupied by the rear elevation of a cow. Was this probably the drawing-room? All of the front half of the house from the ground up seemed to be occupied by the people, the cows, and the chickens, and all the rear half by draught-animals and hay. But the chief feature, all around this house, was the big heaps of manure.

Contents

  1. 01The Author's Memories
  2. 02Chapter XXII
  3. 03Black Forest Grandee
  4. 04The Grandee's Daughter
  5. 05Rich Old Huss
  6. 06Gretchen
  7. 07Paul Hoch
  8. 08Hans Schmidt
  9. 09Electing a New Member
  10. 10Overcoming Obstacles
  11. 11Friends
  12. 12Prospecting
  13. 13Tail Piece
  14. 14Chapter XXIII
  15. 15A General Howl
  16. 16Seeking a Situation
  17. 17Standing Guard
  18. 18Result of a Joke
  19. 19Descending a Farm
  20. 20Chapter XXIV
  21. 21A German Sabbath
  22. 22An Object of Sympathy
  23. 23A Non-Classical Style
  24. 24Chapter XXV
  25. 25The Traditional Chamois
  26. 26Hunting Chamois the True Way
  27. 27Chamois Hunter as Reported
  28. 28Marking Alpenstocks
  29. 29Is She Eighteen or Twenty
  30. 30I Knew I Wasn't Mistaken
  31. 31Harris Astonished
  32. 32Tail Piece
  33. 33Chapter XXVI
  34. 34The Lion of Lucerne
  35. 35He Liked Clocks
  36. 36"I Will Tell You"
  37. 37Couldn't Wait
  38. 38Didn't Care for Style
  39. 39A Pair Better Than Four
  40. 40Two Wasn't Necessary
  41. 41Just the Trick
  42. 42Going to Make Them Stare
  43. 43Not Thrown Away
  44. 44What the Doctor Recommended
  45. 45Wanted to Feel Safe
  46. 46Preferred to Tramp on Foot
  47. 47Dern a Dog, Anyway
  48. 48Tail Piece
  49. 49Chapter XXVII
  50. 50The Glacier Garden
  51. 51Lake and Mountains (Mont Pilatus)
  52. 52Mountain Paths
  53. 53"You're an American—So Am I"
  54. 54Enterprise
  55. 55The Constant Searcher
  56. 56Chapter XXVIII
  57. 57The Mountain Boy
  58. 58The Englishman
  59. 59The Jodler
  60. 60Another Vocalist

About this edition

Author
Mark Twain
Era
Modern (c. 1800–1945)
Reading level
Intermediate: some philosophy helps
Formats
EPUB, PDF
Length
154 pages
This edition
Modern Philosophers