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  • His 'Wanderjahr' had lasted nearly fifteen months.

    Mark Twain, a Biography. Complete Albert Bigelow Paine 1899

  • His 'Wanderjahr' had lasted nearly fifteen months.

    Mark Twain, a Biography — Volume I, Part 1: 1835-1866 Albert Bigelow Paine 1899

  • We here at The Atlantic grapple with all sorts of problems: matters glandular and jugular, animals crepuscular, extractions tonsillar, Mormons tabernacular, the politics of Simón Bolívar, diseases vascular, the arthritis of Renoir, Freddie Mercury in Zanzibar, my lost Wanderjahr, and polishing the samovar.

    What’s Your Problem? 2009

  • We here at The Atlantic grapple with all sorts of problems: matters glandular and jugular, animals crepuscular, extractions tonsillar, Mormons tabernacular, the politics of Simón Bolívar, diseases vascular, the arthritis of Renoir, Freddie Mercury in Zanzibar, my lost Wanderjahr, and polishing the samovar.

    What’s Your Problem? 2009

  • We here at The Atlantic grapple with all sorts of problems: matters glandular and jugular, animals crepuscular, extractions tonsillar, Mormons tabernacular, the politics of Simón Bolívar, diseases vascular, the arthritis of Renoir, Freddie Mercury in Zanzibar, my lost Wanderjahr, and polishing the samovar.

    What’s Your Problem? 2009

  • Then I could see about the continuance of my interrupted Wanderjahr.

    Knight of Shadows Zelazny, Roger 1989

  • _Wanderjahr_ for the working-man would do much to cement the unity of western civilization.

    The Unity of Civilization Various

  • He divided it into five periods, and, with a reminiscence of _Wilhelm Meister, _ called it his _Wanderjahr: _

    Life of Father Hecker Walter Elliott 1885

  • After leaving Russia the young poet spent the rest of his _Wanderjahr_ in Italy.

    Life of Robert Browning William Sharp 1880

  • In the days when Wilhelm Meister was written, the _Wanderjahr_ or year of travel was a recognised part of student life, and was held in high regard as contributing a valuable element to a complete education.

    Essays on Work and Culture Hamilton Wright Mabie 1880

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