American Notes for General Circulation

Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870)

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)

Genre(s): *Non-fiction, Travel & Geography

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 00 - Preface Alisson Veldhuis
00:04:03
Play 01 01 - Chapter 1: Going Away Alisson Veldhuis
00:20:22
Play 02 02 - Chapter 2: The Passage Out Alisson Veldhuis
00:40:00
Play 03 03 - Chapter 3: Boston Part 1 bobolink
00:41:15
Play 04 04 - Chapter 3: Boston Part 2 bobolink
00:40:10
Play 05 05 - Chapter 3: Boston Part 3 bobolink
00:19:53
Play 06 06 - Chapter 4: An American Railroad. Lowell and its Factory System EliMarieHK
00:28:32
Play 07 07 - Chapter 5: Worcester. The Connecticut River. Hartford. New Haven. To New York Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
00:26:02
Play 08 08 - Chapter 6: New York Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
00:53:20
Play 09 09 - Chapter 7: Philadelphia, and its Solitary Prison Ric Cornwall
00:35:32
Play 10 10 - Chapter 8: Washington. The Legislature. And the President's House Guero
00:44:24
Play 11 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. Alisson Veldhuis
00:41:33
Play 12 12 - Chapter 10: Some Further Account of the Canal Boat, its Domestic Economy, and its Passengers. Journey to Pittsburg Across the Alleghany Mountains. Pittsburg. Ric Cornwall
00:24:43
Play 13 13 - Chapter 11: From Pittsburg to Cincinnati in a Western Steamboat. Cincinnati. Tom Crawford
00:24:11
Play 14 14 - Chapter 12: From Cincinnati to Louisville in another Western Steamboat; and from Louisville to St. Louis in another. St. Louis. Ric Cornwall
00:26:53
Play 15 15 - Chapter 13: A Jaunt to the Looking-Glass Prairie and Back Ric Cornwall
00:19:35
Play 16 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 Alisson Veldhuis
00:40:33
Play 17 17 - Chapter 15: In Canadal; Toronto; Kingston; Monstreal; Quebec; St. John's. In the United States again. Lebanon; the Shaker Village; West Point bobolink
00:47:38
Play 18 18 - Chapter 16: The Passage Home Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
00:24:33
Play 19 19 - Chapter 17: Slavery Alisson Veldhuis
00:39:06
Play 20 20 - Chapter 18: Concluding Remarks Alisson Veldhuis
00:24:34
Play 21 21 - Postscript Alisson Veldhuis
00:04:58