American Notes & Pictures (Everyman Paperback Classics) - Softcover

Dickens, Charles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0460876856 ISBN 13: 9780460876858

Publisher: Orion Publishing Group, 1997

Synopsis

These authoritative texts are among the most vital editions of Dickens's works available. Each volume includes a chronology of Dickens's life and times, a suggested reading list, and a collation of the novel's critical reception.

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From the Back Cover:

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: Orion Publishing Group
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0460876856
• ISBN 13: 9780460876858
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448
• Editor: Schwazbach Fred, Ormond MS Leonee