{"product_id":"american-notes-for-general-circulation-2-volume-paperback-set-9781108004008","title":"American Notes for General Circulation 2 Volume Paperback Set (Multiple-component retail product) 9781108004008","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAmerican Notes for General Circulation 2 Volume Paperback Set\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCharles Dickens's lively and controversial two-volume account of his six-month visit to the United States in 1842.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCharles Dickens (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108004008, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eMultiple-component retail product, published 24 September 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e634 pages\u003cbr\u003e25 x 32.5 x 7 cm, 1.18 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eCharles 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 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. Presented here is the full two-volume set.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eVolume I: 1. Going away\u003cbr\u003e 2. The passage out\u003cbr\u003e 3. Boston\u003cbr\u003e 4. An American railroad\u003cbr\u003e 5. Worcester\u003cbr\u003e 6. New York\u003cbr\u003e 7. Philidelphia, and its solitary prison\u003cbr\u003e 8. Washington\u003cbr\u003e Volume II: 1. A night steamer on the Potomac river\u003cbr\u003e 2. Some further account of the canal-boat\u003cbr\u003e 3. From Pittsburg to Cincinnati in a western steamboat\u003cbr\u003e 4. From Cincinnati to Louisville in another western steamboat\u003cbr\u003e 5. A jaunt to the looking-glass prairie and back\u003cbr\u003e 6. Return to Cincinnati\u003cbr\u003e 7. In Canada\u003cbr\u003e 8. The passage home\u003cbr\u003e 9. Slavery\u003cbr\u003e 10. Concluding remarks.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of the Americas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of the Americas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20the%20Americas%20%5BHBJK%5D%22\"\u003eHBJK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265908199704,"sku":"9781108004008","price":38.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108004008i_881dcfba-58d1-48e8-a477-12a2fcdc96d8.jpg?v=1694867187","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/american-notes-for-general-circulation-2-volume-paperback-set-9781108004008","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}