How Charles Dickens And America Fell In And Out Of Love
"On his first visit to America in 1842, English novelist Charles Dickens was greeted like a modern rock star. ... But a visit which had started so well quickly turned into a bitter dispute, known as the 'Quarrel with America'." (It seems author and country loved each other not wisely, but too well.) BBC 02/13/12

Posted February 14, 2012 12:04 AM