American Notes Pictures From Italy

Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book American Notes for General Circulation written by Charles Dickens and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American Notes for General Circulation is a travelogue by Charles Dickens detailing his trip to North America from January to June, 1842. Whilst there he acted as a critical observer of North American society, almost as if returning a status report on their progress. This can be compared to the style of his Pictures from Italy written four years later, where he wrote far more like a tourist. His American journey was also an inspiration for his novel Martin Chuzzlewit. Having arrived in Boston, he visited Lowell, New York, and Philadelphia, and travelled as far south as Richmond, as far west as St. Louis and as far north as Quebec. The American city he liked best was Boston - "the air was so clear, the houses were so bright and gay. The city is a beautiful one, and cannot fail, I should imagine, to impress all strangers very favourably." Further, it was close to the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts Asylum for the Blind where Dickens encountered Laura Bridgman, who impressed him greatly.