American Notes For General Circulation
Author: Charles Dickens
A fascinating account of nineteenth-century America sketched with Charles Dickens’s characteristic wit and charm,,When Charles Dickens set out for America in 1842 he was the most famous man of his day to travel there – curious about the revolutionary new civilization that had captured the English imagination. His frank and often humorous descriptions cover everything from h….Read More
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