American Notes
American Notes
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"This is not the republic of my imagination," Dickens noted ruefully of his 1842 visit to the United States. His American Notes forms a stinging reproof of the country's embrace of slavery, its corrupt press and woeful sanitary conditions, and its citizens' offensive manners. Written with the author's customary observational powers and incisive wit, this volume offers a fascinating glimpse of 19th-century America.
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  • Year: 2017
  • Pages: 240
  • ISBN-10: 0486817725
  • ISBN-13: 9780486817729
  • Format: 12.6 x 20.3 x 2.5 cm, minkšti viršeliai
  • Language: English

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"This is not the republic of my imagination," Dickens noted ruefully of his 1842 visit to the United States. His American Notes forms a stinging reproof of the country's embrace of slavery, its corrupt press and woeful sanitary conditions, and its citizens' offensive manners. Written with the author's customary observational powers and incisive wit, this volume offers a fascinating glimpse of 19th-century America.

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  • Author: Charles Dickens
  • Publisher:
  • Year: 2017
  • Pages: 240
  • ISBN-10: 0486817725
  • ISBN-13: 9780486817729
  • Format: 12.6 x 20.3 x 2.5 cm, minkšti viršeliai
  • Language: English English

"This is not the republic of my imagination," Dickens noted ruefully of his 1842 visit to the United States. His American Notes forms a stinging reproof of the country's embrace of slavery, its corrupt press and woeful sanitary conditions, and its citizens' offensive manners. Written with the author's customary observational powers and incisive wit, this volume offers a fascinating glimpse of 19th-century America.

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