A Tramp Abroad — Volume 06

Mark Twain's humorous account of his adventures in Europe

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The King of Schnorrers: Grotesques and Fantasies

A Jewish pauper in 18th-century London cleverly ascends social ranks

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Idle Ideas in 1905

Collection of humorous essays on various topics from 1905

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Penrod

Mischievous 11-year-old navigates boyhood adventures in early 1900s America

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The Woman-Haters

A hermit and a runaway find healing and love on an island

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Isaac Bickerstaff, physician and astrologer

Satirical essays predicting John Partridge's death, mocking astrology

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Make Mine Homogenized

Cow gains ability to produce milk with unusual properties, chaos ensues

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The Mirror of Kong Ho

Humorous reflections of a fictional Chinese traveler in early 20th-century England

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The Royal Picture Alphabet

Victorian educational book teaching letters through royal-themed illustrations

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Ajax, for example

Web development techniques for creating asynchronous web applications

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