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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 his comically wretched sea voyage to his sheer astonishment at the magnificence of the Niagara Falls, while he also visited hospitals, prisons and law courts and found them exemplary. But Dickens's opinion of America as a land ruled by money, built on slavery, with a corrupt press and unsavoury manners, provoked a hostile reaction on both sides of the Atlantic. American Notes is an illuminating account of a great writer's revelatory encounter with the New World. In her introduction, Patricia Ingham examines the response the book received when it was published, and compares it with similar travel writings of the period and with Dickens's fiction, in particular Martin Chuzzlewit. This edition includes an updated chronology, appendices and notes.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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 his comically wretched sea voyage to his sheer astonishment at the magnificence of the Niagara Falls, while he also visited hospitals, prisons and law courts and found them exemplary. But Dickens's opinion of America as a land ruled by money, built on slavery, with a corrupt press and unsavoury manners, provoked a hostile reaction on both sides of the Atlantic. American Notes is an illuminating account of a great writer's revelatory encounter with the New World. In her introduction, Patricia Ingham examines the response the book received when it was published, and compares it with similar travel writings of the period and with Dickens's fiction, in particular Martin Chuzzlewit. This edition includes an updated chronology, appendices and notes.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Charles Dickens (1812-70) was a political reporter and journalist whose popularity was established by the phenomenally successful PICKWICK PAPERS (1836-7). His novels captured and held the public imagination over a period of more than thirty years. He is considered one of the greatest novelists in the English language.
Patricia Ingham is Fellow of St Anne's College, Reader in English, and The Times Lecturer in English at the University of Oxford.
Acknowledgments
A Dickens Chronology
Introduction
Further Reading
A Note on the Text
Map
AMERICAN NOTES
Appendix I: Dickens's Unpublished Introduction of 1842
Appendix II: Dickens's Preface of 1850
Appendix III: Dickens's Postscript of 1868
| Empfohlen (von): | 18 |
|---|---|
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2000 |
| Produktart: | Reiseberichte |
| Region: | Nord- und Mittelamerika |
| Rubrik: | Reisen |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Seiten: | 352 |
| Inhalt: | Einband - flex.(Paperback) |
| ISBN-13: | 9780140436495 |
| ISBN-10: | 0140436499 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Dickens, Charles |
| Redaktion: | Patricia Ingham |
| Hersteller: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Maße: | 197 x 129 x 18 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Charles Dickens |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 26.10.2000 |
| Gewicht: | 0,244 kg |
Charles Dickens (1812-70) was a political reporter and journalist whose popularity was established by the phenomenally successful PICKWICK PAPERS (1836-7). His novels captured and held the public imagination over a period of more than thirty years. He is considered one of the greatest novelists in the English language.
Patricia Ingham is Fellow of St Anne's College, Reader in English, and The Times Lecturer in English at the University of Oxford.
Acknowledgments
A Dickens Chronology
Introduction
Further Reading
A Note on the Text
Map
AMERICAN NOTES
Appendix I: Dickens's Unpublished Introduction of 1842
Appendix II: Dickens's Preface of 1850
Appendix III: Dickens's Postscript of 1868
| Empfohlen (von): | 18 |
|---|---|
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2000 |
| Produktart: | Reiseberichte |
| Region: | Nord- und Mittelamerika |
| Rubrik: | Reisen |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Seiten: | 352 |
| Inhalt: | Einband - flex.(Paperback) |
| ISBN-13: | 9780140436495 |
| ISBN-10: | 0140436499 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Dickens, Charles |
| Redaktion: | Patricia Ingham |
| Hersteller: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Maße: | 197 x 129 x 18 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Charles Dickens |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 26.10.2000 |
| Gewicht: | 0,244 kg |
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