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Informationen zum Autor Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812 - 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime and by the twentieth century critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories enjoy lasting popularity. Born in Portsmouth, Dickens left school to work in a factory when his father was incarcerated in a debtors' prison. Despite his lack of formal education, he edited a weekly journal for 20 years, wrote 15 novels, five novellas, hundreds of short stories and non-fiction articles, lectured and performed extensively, was an indefatigable letter writer and campaigned vigorously for children's rights, education and other social reforms. Klappentext Charles Dickens's lively and controversial two-volume account of his six-month visit to the United States in 1842. Zusammenfassung Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was a journalist before he became a novelist. His travel writings have all the energy and urgency of journalism! and these two controversial volumes! drawn from his experiences on a six-month tour of the United States between January and June 1842! are no exception. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. A night steamer on the Potomac river; 2. Some further account of the canal-boat; 3. From Pittsburg to Cincinnati in a western steam boat; 4. From Cincinnati to Louisville in another western steam boat; 5. A jaunt to the looking-glass prairie and back; 6. Return to Cincinnati; 7. In Canada; 8. The passage home; 9. Slavery; 10. Concluding remarks.
List of contents
1. A night steamer on the Potomac river; 2. Some further account of the canal-boat; 3. From Pittsburg to Cincinnati in a western steam boat; 4. From Cincinnati to Louisville in another western steam boat; 5. A jaunt to the looking-glass prairie and back; 6. Return to Cincinnati; 7. In Canada; 8. The passage home; 9. Slavery; 10. Concluding remarks.
About the author
Charles Dickens (1812-1870) var þekktur enskur skáldsagnahöfundur og samfélagsgagnrýnandi, almennt talinn einn af merkustu rithöfundum Viktoríutímans. Dickens fæddist í Portsmouth á Englandi og upplifði erfiða æsku, sem einkenndist af fjárhagserfiðleikum, sem síðar hafði áhrif á mikið af skrifum hans. Dickens öðlaðist frægð með raðmyndasögum og varð þekktur fyrir hæfileika sína til að sameina húmor, mikla félagslega athugun og djúpt mannlegar persónur. Verk hans varpa ljósi á baráttu fátækra, galla stofnanakerfa og mikið misræmi á milli þjóðfélagsstétta í Englandi á 19. öld. Í dag er Dickens ekki aðeins fagnað fyrir sannfærandi frásagnir heldur einnig fyrir varanleg áhrif hans á bókmenntir og samfélag.
