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American Notes

Charles Dickens

  • Travel
  • Book language: English
  • 258 pages

American Notes is Charles Dickens's travelogue from his 1842 journey through the United States. He records people, cities, and institutions, mixing warmth with criticism. It remains a vivid portrait of antebellum America by a great novelist.

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Transcribed from the 1913 Chapman & Hall, Ltd. edition by
David Price, email [email protected]
Emigrants
AMERICAN NOTES
FOR
GENERAL CIRCULATION
AND
PICTURES FROM ITALY [1]
BY
CHARLES DICKENS
WITH 8 ILLUSTRATIONS BY
MARCUS STONE, R.A.
LONDON
CHAPMAN & HALL, Ltd.
1913
I DEDICATE THIS BOOK
TO
THOSE FRIENDS OF MINE
IN AMERICA
WHO, GIVING ME A WELCOME I MUST EVER
GRATEFULLY AND PROUDLY REMEMBER,
LEFT MY JUDGEMENT
FREE;
AND WHO, LOVING THEIR COUNTRY, CAN BEAR
THE TRUTH, WHEN IT IS TOLD GOOD

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Contents

  1. AMERICAN NOTES FOR GENERAL CIRCULATION AND PICTURES FROM ITALY [1]
  2. PREFACE TO THE FIRST CHEAP EDITION OF “AMERICAN NOTES”
  3. PREFACE TO THE “CHARLES DICKENS” EDITION OF “AMERICAN NOTES”
  4. CONTENTS
  5. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  6. CHAPTER I GOING AWAY
  7. CHAPTER II THE PASSAGE OUT
  8. CHAPTER III BOSTON
  9. CHAPTER IV AN AMERICAN RAILROAD. LOWELL AND ITS FACTORY SYSTEM
  10. CHAPTER V WORCESTER. THE CONNECTICUT RIVER. HARTFORD. NEW HAVEN. TO NEW YORK
  11. CHAPTER VI NEW YORK
  12. CHAPTER VII PHILADELPHIA, AND ITS SOLITARY PRISON
  13. CHAPTER VIII WASHINGTON. THE LEGISLATURE. AND THE PRESIDENT’S HOUSE
  14. CHAPTER IX A NIGHT STEAMER ON THE POTOMAC RIVER. VIRGINIA ROAD, AND A BLACK DRIVER. RICHMOND. BALTIMORE. THE HARRISBURG
  15. CHAPTER X SOME FURTHER ACCOUNT OF THE CANAL BOAT, ITS DOMESTIC ECONOMY, AND ITS PASSENGERS. JOURNEY TO PITTSBURG ACROSS
  16. CHAPTER XI FROM PITTSBURG TO CINCINNATI IN A WESTERN STEAMBOAT. CINCINNATI
  17. CHAPTER XII FROM CINCINNATI TO LOUISVILLE IN ANOTHER WESTERN STEAMBOAT; AND FROM LOUISVILLE TO ST. LOUIS IN ANOTHER. ST.
  18. CHAPTER XIII A JAUNT TO THE LOOKING-GLASS PRAIRIE AND BACK
  19. CHAPTER XIV RETURN TO CINCINNATI. A STAGE-COACH RIDE FROM THAT CITY TO COLUMBUS, AND THENCE TO SANDUSKY. SO, BY LAKE ERI
  20. CHAPTER XV IN CANADA; TORONTO; KINGSTON; MONTREAL; QUEBEC; ST. JOHN’S. IN THE UNITED STATES AGAIN; LEBANON; THE SHAKER V
  21. CHAPTER XVI THE PASSAGE HOME
  22. CHAPTER XVII SLAVERY
  23. CHAPTER XVIII CONCLUDING REMARKS
  24. POSTSCRIPT
  25. FOOTNOTES
  26. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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