"Goldsmith's Friend Abroad Again" by Mark Twain is a collection of satirical letters that highlight the experiences of Ah Song Hi, a Chinese immigrant, in 19th-century America. The narrative follows Ah Song Hi's journey from China to San Francisco, portraying his initial optimism for a life of opportunity that quickly turns into a harsh realization of the discrimination and prejudice he encounters. America, in Ah Song Hi's eye, is tarnished by the mistreatment and injustices he faces from authorities and the public, because of his nationality. Twain employs humor and irony throughout the letters that recount Ah Song Hi's experiences to highlight the gap between the American dream and the troubling reality of marginalized groups, especially Asian immigrants, during that time.
Goldsmith's Friend Abroad Again
By Mark Twain
A hopeful immigrant's dreams of freedom and equality are crushed as he faces shocking prejudice and violence in a land he believed would offer a better life.
Summary
About the AuthorSamuel Langhorne Clemens, known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature." Twain's novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), with the latter often called the "Great American Novel." He also wrote A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) and Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894) and cowrote The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (1873) with Charles Dudley Warner.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature." Twain's novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), with the latter often called the "Great American Novel." He also wrote A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) and Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894) and cowrote The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (1873) with Charles Dudley Warner.
More Like This
Explore books similar to the one you're viewing
Tales from Two Hemispheres
By Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen
The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
By Mark Twain
To the Person Sitting in Darkness
By Mark Twain
Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 2 (1867-1875)
By Mark Twain
The Innocents Abroad — Volume 03
By Mark Twain
Sketches New and Old, Part 3.
By Mark Twain
More by This Author
Discover other books written by the same author
Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World. Part 7
By Mark Twain
Life on the Mississippi, Part 3.
By Mark Twain
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Part 8.
By Mark Twain
Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 6 (1907-1910)
By Mark Twain
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Part 2.
By Mark Twain
The Works of Mark Twain: An Index of all Project Gutenberg Editions
By Mark Twain
Related by Category
Discover books in the same genre or category
The Lady of the Barge The Lady of the Barge and Others, Part 1.
By W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
Crome Yellow
By Aldous Huxley
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, March 11, 1893
By Various
The Works of Thomas Hood; Vol. 02 (of 11) Comic and Serious, in Prose and Verse, With All the Original Illustrations
By Thomas Hood
A Tramp Abroad — Volume 05
By Mark Twain
Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson Selected and Edited With an Introduction and Notes by William Lyon Phelps
By Robert Louis Stevenson