American notes [and] Pictures from Italy
Dickens, Charles, 1812-18701868
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When Charles Dickens set out for America in 1842 he was the most famous man of his day to travel there. His frank and often humorous descriptions cover everything from his comically wretched sea voyage to his sheer astonishment at the magnificence of the Niagara Falls, while he also visited hospitals, prisons and law courts and found them exemplary. But Dickens's opinion of America as a land ruled by money, partly built on slavery, with a corrupt press and unsavoury manners, provoked a hostile reaction on both sides of the Atlantic.
Main title:
American notes [and] Pictures from Italy / with three illustrations by Maurice Greiffenhagen.
Imprint:
Chapman and Hall, 1868.
Contents:
American notes ; published 1868.- Pictures from Italy 1846.
ISBN:
0000031316 (invalid)
Dewey class:
910.8
Language:
English
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BRN:
2415885