The Atlantic Ocean and the “Mighty Rivers” of the New World: Natural Phenomena and Human Encounters in Frances Trollope’s Domestic Manners of the Americans (1832)

“At every table d’hôte, on board of every steam-boat, in every stage-coach, and in all societies, the first question was, ‘Have you read Mrs. Trollope?’” (Coke 167-168). A best-seller on the eve of the Victorian era, Frances Trollope’s Domestic Manners of the Americans is not just an authentic accou...

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Main Author: Manuela D’AMORE
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Laboratoire d’Etudes et de Recherches sur le Monde Anglophone (LERMA) 2014-07-01
Series:E-REA
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/erea/3877