Charles Dickens entered the world of travel writing with his 1850 work American Notes for General Circulation. The work reflects his 5-month trip in 1842 along the East Coast and Great Lakes regions. Dickens' astute, and often funny, observations ...

Deals with the adventures of a young orphan boy trying to survive amid greed and poverty in 19th-century London.

Introductory section, on p. 1-3, explains how a pebble broach, a jet shawl-pin, and a common pin, together on a pincusion, relate the tales that follow to drown out noise from "chattering" bracelets nearby.