American Notes and Pictures From Italy (Oxford Illustrated Dickens) - Hardcover

Dickens, Charles

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0192545191 ISBN 13: 9780192545190

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1987

Synopsis

Dickens' account of his first visit to America and his letters written during a stay in Italy describe cities from Boston and St Louis to Rome and Naples

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Dickens went to America in 1842 expecting to find a brave new world whose institutions embodied his own political views. The Americans expected him to extol their new nation. Dickens, however, became deeply disturbed by American culture. American Notes attempts to portray fairly the young Republic's new cities, strange landscapes and bustling people, but is coloured by Dicken's doubts about the failings of democratic politics in an egalitarian society.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0192545191
• ISBN 13: 9780192545190
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 454