American Notes for General Circulation
Charles Dickens
22 chapters · 11 h 12 min · English
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American Notes for General Circulation is a travelogue by Charles Dickens detailing his trip to North America from January to June, 1842. While there he acted as a critical observer of these societies almost as if returning a status report on their progress. This can be compared to the style of his Pictures from Italy written four years later, where he wrote far more like a tourist. His American journey was also an inspiration for his novel Martin Chuzzlewit. (Summary by Wikipedia)
Chapters
1 00 - Preface 4 min 2 01 - Chapter 1: Going Away 20 min 3 02 - Chapter 2: The Passage Out 40 min 4 03 - Chapter 3: Boston Part 1 41 min 5 04 - Chapter 3: Boston Part 2 40 min 6 05 - Chapter 3: Boston Part 3 20 min 7 06 - Chapter 4: An American Railroad. Lowell and its Factory System 29 min 8 07 - Chapter 5: Worcester. The Connecticut River. Hartford. New Haven. To New York 26 min 9 08 - Chapter 6: New York 53 min 10 09 - Chapter 7: Philadelphia, and its Solitary Prison 36 min 11 10 - Chapter 8: Washington. The Legislature. And the President's House 44 min 12 11 - Chapter 9: A Night Steamer on the Potomac River. Virginia Road, and a Black Driver. Richmond. Baltimore. The Harrisburg Mail, and a Glimpse of the City. A Canal Boat 42 min 13 12 - Chapter 10: Some Further Account of the Canal Boat, its Domestic Economy, and its Passengers. Journey to Pittsburg Across the Alleghany Mountains. Pittsburg 25 min 14 13 - Chapter 11: From Pittsburg to Cincinnati in a Western Steamboat. Cincinnati 24 min 15 14 - Chapter 12: From Cincinnati to Louisville in another Western Steamboat; and from Louisville to St. Louis in another. St. Louis 27 min 16 15 - Chapter 13: A Jaunt to the Looking-Glass Prairie and Back 20 min 17 16 - Chapter 14: Return to Cincinnati. A Stage-Coach Ride from that City to Columbus, and thence to Sandusky. So, by Lake Erie, to the Falls of Niagara 41 min 18 17 - Chapter 15: In Canadal; Toronto; Kingston; Monstreal; Quebec; St. John's. In the United States again. Lebanon; the Shaker Village; West Point 48 min 19 18 - Chapter 16: The Passage Home 25 min 20 19 - Chapter 17: Slavery 39 min 21 20 - Chapter 18: Concluding Remarks 25 min 22 21 - Postscript 5 min
