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Innocent Abroad : Charles Dickens's American Engagements /

In 1842, Victorian England's foremost novelist visited America, naively expecting both a return to Eden and an ideal republic that would demonstrate progress as a natural law. Instead, Charles Dickens suffered a traumatic disappointment that darkened his vision of society and human nature for t...

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Autor principal: Meckier, Jerome
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, 1990.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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