Travel Stories

An aging man becomes obsessed with books about knights and chivalry. Believing these tales, he renames himself Don Quixote and sets out to revive knighthood.

Three friends decide to take a boating holiday on the River Thames from Kingston to Oxford. They are accompanied by a mischievous dog.

A semi-autobiographical novel, drawing on the author's own youthful experiences at sea.

A semi-autobiographical novel that explores life aboard a U.S. Navy warship based on Melville’s own experiences.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (also simply known as Tom Sawyer) is a novel by Mark Twain published on June 9, 1876, about a boy, Tom Sawyer, growing up along the Mississippi River.

A humorous sequel to his earlier novel Three Men in a Boat. It follows the same three friends on another misadventure.

A young American sailor who abandons his whaling ship along with a shipmate while docked in the Marquesas Islands.

A young American girl traveling in Europe with her family, and her behavior clashes with the conservative values of Europe.

The book is based on the author's own real-life experiences in the South Pacific.

The narrator escapes from the Typee Valley and joins a whaling ship sailing through the South Seas.