Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : SAGA Egmont, 2020
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Made available through hoopla
EDITION
Unabridged
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (1 audio file (2hr., 45 min.)) : digital
ISBN/ISSN
9788726473056 MWT18464828, 8726473054 18464828
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Read by Tim Bulkley
"In American Notes", the Anglo-Indian Rudyard Kipling visits the USA, and the travel-diary that came out of it offers an interesting view of the America of the 1880's. Kipling affects a wide-eyed innocence and expresses astonishment at features of American life that differ from his own, not least the freedom (and attraction) of American women. However, he scorns the political machines that make a mockery of American democracy, and whilst exhibiting the racist attitude that has made him controversial since he was first published, he does conclude that it not easy being different in the land of the free
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