Travel Stories

A five-week journey across the African continent in a specially designed hydrogen balloon called the Victoria.

A children’s story set in Japan, written with a blend of cultural curiosity and gentle moral lessons.

The story begins in Scotland, where Lord Glenarvan of the yacht Duncan finds a bottle washed ashore, containing a message in three languages.

A travel and political commentary written just after World War I.

The novel follows a young, independent Englishwoman who travels to Europe seeking personal growth, adventure, and romance.

A tourist visiting the ruins of a castle in Sicily hears about the tragic story of the Mazzini family.

Following the Equator (sometimes titled More Tramps Abroad) is a non-fiction social commentary in the form of a travelogue published by Mark Twain in 1897.

Roughing It is a book of semi-autobiographical travel literature by Mark Twain. It was written in 1870–71 and published in 1872, following his first travel book The Innocents Abroad (1869). Roughing It is dedicated to Twain's mining companion Calvin H. Higbie, later a civil engineer who died in 1914.

The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrim's Progress is a travel book by American author Mark Twain

The novel is narrated by a sailor named Ishmael, who signs up for a whaling voyage aboard the ship Pequod. The ship is commanded by the mysterious and intense Captain Ahab.