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Early in 1842 , on the eve of his 30th birthday, Charles Dickens made his first trip to America. The author at that time of “Pickwick Papers,” “Oliver Twist,” “Nicholas Nickleby,” and “The Old Curiosity Shop, ” the young novelist was celebrated on both...