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Following the Equator A Journey Around the World
About the Book
“Following the Equator" is an ancient humor adventure story book written by Mark Twain. Twain describes his adventures on a global tour in this literary masterwork, which mixtures elements of memoir, humor, and social satire. With this genre-defying work, Twain gives his studies, ideas, and reflections about many civilizations, landscapes, and peoples he encounters along the line of the equator. Through the bustling marketplace of Bombay to the appropriate majesty of the Hawaiian Islands, Twain's narrative is filled with wit, expertise, and his signature satirical aptitude. "Following the Equator" offers a particular opinion into the overdue nineteenth century international tapestry, delving into issue depend of colonialism, imperialism, and interplay among cultures with both humor and poignancy. Twain's recognition invites viewers to consider the complexity of human nature and the importance of the world's interconnection. Using its rich prose and effective imagery, "Following the Equator" goes past conventional travel literature, acting as a timeless reflection on the human circumstance's emotions of curiosity, discovery, and wanderlust. Mark Twain's wit and intelligence show through on this excellent account of his global tour.
Mark Twain (30 November 1835- 21 April 1910) was born in Florida, United States. He was a Humorist, author, and lecturer. He grew up in Hannibal and later moved to California. In a California mining camp, he heard the story that he published in 1865 and made popular as the title story of his first novel, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County and Other Sketches, in 1867. From his humorous stories, The Innocents Abroad (1869) and Roughing It in 1872, to his appearance as a riverboat captain in Life on the Mississippi in 1883, through his adventure stories of childhood, he got a worldwide audience, mainly for Tom Sawyer (1876) and Huckleberry Finn (1885), known as the masterpieces of American fiction. The ironic A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court in 1889. His eldest daughter passed away in 1896, his wife in 1904, and another daughter in 1909. He expressed his depression about the human character in such late works as the after-death published Letters from the Earth (1962).
