American Notes

by Charles Dickens
Category: "Travel"
Pages:254
Year of Publication:1842
Date Read:01/15/2000
Notes:In 1842, the young Dickens made a sweeping tour of the United States and Canada, visiting Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Niagara Falls, among other places. (He chose not to venture to the south, out of a repugnance for slavery.) This brief account of his travels begins with optimism and the usual Dickens eye for the comic. As it goes on, we begin to sense the weariness of the journey and the author's disappointment with what he found. It givea a vivid picture of a nation still under construction.
My Rating: 8

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Review - American Notes

There was a lot about America Dickens' didn't like, and after reading this book, I can understand why. The visits to prisons are dull, but his stories of journies are great.
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