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American Notes

Name: American Notes
Author: Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens

Read by Hamlet · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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Chapters

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00 - Dedication and Prefaces (4:09)
01- Going Away (19:57)
02 - The Passage Out (33:34)
03 - Boston, part one (49:47)
04 - Boston, part two (39:52)
05 - An American Railroad. Lowell and its Factory System (20:39)
06 - Worcester. The Connecticut River. Hartford. New Haven. To New York (20:09)
07 - New York (41:13)
08 - Philadelphia, and its Solitary Prison (35:50)
09 - Washington. The Legislature. And the President’s House (38:35)
10 - 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 (40:19)
11 - Some further Account of the Canal Boat, its Domestic Economy, and its Passengers. Journey to Pittsburg across the Alleghany Mountains. Pittsburg (24:28)
12 - From Pittsburg to Cincinnati in a Western Steamboat. Cincinnati (21:38)
13 - From Cincinnati to Louisville in another Western Steamboat; and from Louisville to St. Louis in another. St. Louis (26:49)
14 - A Jaunt to the Looking-glass Prairie and back (19:08)
15 - 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 (37:40)
16 - In Canada; Toronto; Kingston; Montreal; Quebec; St. John’s. In the United States again; Lebanon; The Shaker Village; West Point (42:43)
17 - The Passage Home (18:52)
18 - Slavery (35:04)
19 - Concluding Remarks - Postscript (24:47)

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