Boring, 29. Dezember 2008

Wasn't able to finish the book, 99% of it are boring. And the 1% left just isn't good enough to make up for the rest.If you find it hard to fall asleep at night: this book would be worth a try.

      Uneven, 9. März 2000

This book basically is a collection of stories, bound together by a travel report. The stories vary between highly witty and almost embarrassingly average. They do not always fit together to make a consistent whole. But - if you skip some of the worst passages - this is one of the most amusing books one can find. As a German native speaker I especially enjoyed the part about the "awful German language".

       Supertramp, 23. Januar 2000

If you love, enjoy or even just barely tolerate Mark Twain you will love this book. Twain's depictions are so vivid and humerous you will feel as though you are sitting with him in his den (replete with smoking jacket and cigar) having him personally recount his traipse through Europe.

Lyrically this is among his best. My favorite passage includes the phrase, "Shot by a rock on a raft."

Great to read on and off while you are ready more serious things -- it would be ambitious and possibly wasteful, to read this in a sitting.

       i was off of my chair!, 11. Februar 1999

without a doubt the funniest book i have ever read. 5 stars all the way

       Witty, great bedside book, 26. Juni 1998

A Tramp Abroad provides an insight into Europe, in all its guises. In many ways, this sparkling guide is as relevant today as it has always been. Many elements of Twain's "character" are portrayed in the book, including, at times, his innate childishness. His tendency to ramble, both in text and in journey, far from being irritating, quickly becomes indeering. The only thing that a reader has to fear from this book is either being late for work, or losing ribs. The most notable point about this book is the wonderful commentary Twain passes on his own artistic skills, and the way that the wholly imagined nature of the above serves perhaps as a metaphor for the whole of what he sees on his journey. Warning: not one to read when in a hurry.