American Notes for General Circulation
Charles Dickens
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Length 11 h 12 min
Chapters 21
First published 1842
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
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00 - Preface Read by Alisson Veldhuis 4:03
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02 - Chapter 2: The Passage Out Read by Alisson Veldhuis 40:00
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03 - Chapter 3: Boston Part 1 Read by bobolink 41:15
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04 - Chapter 3: Boston Part 2 Read by bobolink 40:10
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05 - Chapter 3: Boston Part 3 Read by bobolink 19:53
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06 - Chapter 4: An American Railroad. Lowell and its Factory System Read by EliMarieHK 28:32
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07 - Chapter 5: Worcester. The Connecticut River. Hartford. New Haven. To New York Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015) 26:02
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08 - Chapter 6: New York Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015) 53:20
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09 - Chapter 7: Philadelphia, and its Solitary Prison Read by Ric Cornwall 35:32
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10 - Chapter 8: Washington. The Legislature. And the President's House Read by Guero 44:24
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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. Read by Alisson Veldhuis 41:33
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12 - Chapter 10: Some Further Account of the Canal Boat, its Domestic Economy, and its Passengers. Journey to Pittsburg Across the Alleghany Mountains. Pittsburg. Read by Ric Cornwall 24:43
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13 - Chapter 11: From Pittsburg to Cincinnati in a Western Steamboat. Cincinnati. Read by Tom Crawford 24:11
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14 - Chapter 12: From Cincinnati to Louisville in another Western Steamboat; and from Louisville to St. Louis in another. St. Louis. Read by Ric Cornwall 26:53
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15 - Chapter 13: A Jaunt to the Looking-Glass Prairie and Back Read by Ric Cornwall 19:35
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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 Read by Alisson Veldhuis 40:33
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17 - Chapter 15: In Canadal; Toronto; Kingston; Monstreal; Quebec; St. John's. In the United States again. Lebanon; the Shaker Village; West Point Read by bobolink 47:38
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18 - Chapter 16: The Passage Home Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015) 24:33
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19 - Chapter 17: Slavery Read by Alisson Veldhuis 39:06
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20 - Chapter 18: Concluding Remarks Read by Alisson Veldhuis 24:34
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21 - Postscript Read by Alisson Veldhuis 4:58
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