Charles Dickens: Illinois and the Mississippi/Ohio River Valleys
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Date: Mar. 13, 2012
Start Time: 4:00 PM
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Date: Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Time: 4–6 p.m.
Location: EIU Blair Hall, Room 2165
Presented by: Cynthia Nichols
Cost: Academy Member: $20; Non-member: $40
Register by: March 5, 2012
Spring 2012 is the 170th anniversary of British author Charles Dickens’ first trip to America, during which he traveled through the Ohio/Mississippi Valley to Illinois and St. Louis. Workshop attendees will see our region through his words and those of his traveling companions who stopped at Louisville (Kentucky), St. Louis (Missouri), Cairo, Belleville and Lebanon (Illinois), Cincinnati and Columbus (Ohio). Some of his experiences were later transformed into portions of his novel, Martin Chuzzlewit. Mr. Dickens had decidedly mixed feelings about his American experiences.
(limit 15 participants)
For more information please contact the EIU School of Continuing Education at 217-581-5114 or academy@eiu.edu.
