Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World by Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)

About Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World by Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)

Following the Equator (American English title) or More Tramps Abroad (English title) is a non-fiction travelogue published by American author Mark Twain in 1897. Twain was practically bankrupt in 1894 due to a failed investment into a "revolutionary" typesetting machine. In an attempt to extricate himself from debt of $100,000 (equivalent of about $2 million in 2005) he undertook a tour of the British Empire in 1895, a route chosen to provide numerous opportunities for lectures in the English language. In Following the Equator, an account of that travel published in 1897, the author unmasks and criticizes racism, imperialism and missionary zeal in observations woven into the narrative with classical Twain wit. Of particular interest, historically, are Twain's references to Cecil Rhodes in Australia and South Africa, the in-depth description of "Thugs" and "Thuggee" in India and the Boer War period and diamonds in South Africa. (Summary by Wikipedia and John Greenman)

Publisher

ciesse

Category

arts · fiction · fiction

Language

it

Explicit

No

First episode

18 Jan 2025

Latest episode

18 Jan 2025

Latest episodes

70 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   18 Jan 2025

   29 - Chapter XXIX

2. 

   18 Jan 2025

   38 - Chapter XXXVIII

3. 

   18 Jan 2025

   41 - Chapter XLI

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