American Notes by Charles Dickens
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"American Notes" by Charles Dickens is a travelogue published in 1842 detailing his six-month journey through North America. Acting as a critical observer rather than a tourist, Dickens visited cities from Boston to St. Louis, examining prisons, institutions, and society. He praised Boston's beauty and was moved by meeting Laura Bridgman at a school for the blind. However, he sharply criticized slavery, American press sensationalism, public hygiene, and the nation's commercial obsessions,
delivering an unflinching analysis of American society's flaws and virtues. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Stone, Marcus, 1840-1921 |
| Title | American Notes |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Notes |
| Credits | Transcribed from the 1913 Chapman & Hall, Ltd. edition by David Price |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 58.0 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | E151: History: America: United States |
| Subject | United States -- Description and travel |
| Subject | United States -- Social life and customs -- 1783-1865 |
| Subject | Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 -- Travel -- United States |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 675 |
| Release Date | Oct 1, 1996 |
| Last Update | Feb 18, 2013 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 2399 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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