American notes for general circulation
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American notes for general circulation
（Cambridge library collection, . History）
Cambridge University Press, 2009
- v. 1
- v. 2
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Reprint. Originally published: London : Chapman and Hall, 1842
Description and Table of Contents
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v. 1 ISBN 9781108003889
Description
Charles Dickens (1812-1870) is best remembered today for the novels which offer a fantastic, even grotesque panorama of Victorian life, but he was a journalist before he became a novelist. His travel writings have all the energy and urgency of journalism, and these two volumes, drawn from his experiences on a six-month tour of America between January and June 1842, are no exception. Dickens was already hugely popular with the American reading public, and he was lionised wherever he went, but the American Notes, and the American scenes in Martin Chuzzlewit, caused great controversy and were felt by many to insult the people and institutions of the United States. Dickens's dedication of American Notes, to 'those friends of mine in America ... who, loving their country, can bear the truth when it is told good humouredly, and in a kind spirit' suggests that he was not surprised by this reaction.
Table of Contents
- 1. Going away
- 2. The passage out
- 3. Boston
- 4. An American railroad
- 5. Worcester
- 6. New York
- 7. Philidelphia, and its solitary prison
- 8. Washington.
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v. 2 ISBN 9781108003896
Description
Charles Dickens (1812-1870) is best remembered today for the novels which offer a fantastic, even grotesque panorama of Victorian life, but he was a journalist before he became a novelist. His travel writings have all the energy and urgency of journalism, and these two volumes, drawn from his experiences on a six-month tour of America between January and June 1842, are no exception. Dickens was already hugely popular with the American reading public, and he was lionised wherever he went, but the American Notes, and the American scenes in Martin Chuzzlewit, caused great controversy and were felt by many to insult the people and institutions of the United States. Dickens's dedication of American Notes, to 'those friends of mine in America ... who, loving their country, can bear the truth when it is told good humouredly, and in a kind spirit' suggests that he was not surprised by this reaction.
Table of Contents
- 1. A night steamer on the Potomac river
- 2. Some further account of the canal-boat
- 3. From Pittsburg to Cincinnati in a western steam boat
- 4. From Cincinnati to Louisville in another western steam boat
- 5. A jaunt to the looking-glass prairie and back
- 6. Return to Cincinnati
- 7. In Canada
- 8. The passage home
- 9. Slavery
- 10. Concluding remarks.
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