Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-234) and index.
Contents:
Seeking Charles Dickens's American audience -- Charles Dickens and the American community -- Dickens and American publishers -- Charles Dickens's first visit to America, American notes, and Martin Chuzzlewit -- Dickens and library reading -- Learning from fiction and reality -- Dickens in a house divided -- Civil War reading -- Theatricality -- The public readings and the American reconstruction of Charles Dickens -- The afterlife of Charles Dickens.
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