Meckier, Jerome. <br/><br/>
Innocent abroad  Charles Dickens's American engagements / 
Jerome Meckier. 
 - Lexington, Ky. :  University Press of Kentucky,  (c)1990. 
 - 1 online resource (290 pages) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/> 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 the remainder of his career. His second tour, in 1867-68, ostensibly more successful, proved no antidote for the first. Using new materials -- 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780813163925 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 --Travel--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>British--History--United States--19th century.<br/>Novelists, English--19th century--Biography.<br/>British--History--United States--19th century.<br/>Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870--Travel--United States.<br/>Novelists, English--Biography.--19th century<br/>United States--Description and travel.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PR4581  / .I566 1990