Volume 12 No. 1 — 1 May 1985

From Ballarat to Bendigo with Mark Twain

Miriam Shillingsburg

Abstract

Discusses the seven-week leg of Mark Twain's 1895 Australian tour in which the writer visited seven Victorian country towns, concentrating particularly on the responses to Twain published in local newspapers.

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Published 1 May 1985 in Volume 12 No. 1. Subjects: Writers' tours & visits.

Cite as: Shillingsburg, Miriam. ‘From Ballarat to Bendigo with Mark Twain.’ Australian Literary Studies, vol. 12, no. 1, 1985, doi: 10.20314/als.0db34c214d.

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