A Diary in America: With Remarks on Its InstitutionsKnopf, 1962 - 487 páginas In 1839, Marryat published his Diary in America, a travelogue that reflects his criticisms of American culture and society. The book and the author were both subject to acts of violence, including the burning of the book and of Marryat's effigy in public. |
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... called out to me : " You are a damned fool of an Englishman " ; for which I suppose I ought to have been very much obliged to him . Miss Martineau has not been too lavish in her praises of Mackinaw . It has the appearance of a fairy ...
... called out to me : " You are a damned fool of an Englishman " ; for which I suppose I ought to have been very much obliged to him . Miss Martineau has not been too lavish in her praises of Mackinaw . It has the appearance of a fairy ...
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... called upon a man who had been in the bush but a year or so ; he had a wife and six children . He was young and healthy , and although he had been used to a life of literary idleness , he had made up his mind to the change , and taken ...
... called upon a man who had been in the bush but a year or so ; he had a wife and six children . He was young and healthy , and although he had been used to a life of literary idleness , he had made up his mind to the change , and taken ...
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... called his old schoolmaster Ichabod Crane , he thought himself safe from the risk of giving offence . Shortly afterwards a friend of his called upon him , accompanied by a stranger , whom he introduced as Major Crane ; Irving started at ...
... called his old schoolmaster Ichabod Crane , he thought himself safe from the risk of giving offence . Shortly afterwards a friend of his called upon him , accompanied by a stranger , whom he introduced as Major Crane ; Irving started at ...
Índice
INTRODUCTION page 3 XI page | 83 |
Arrival in the New World XIII page | 91 |
New York City XIV page 99 | 99 |
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