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I'd like to nominate "American Notes" by Charles Dickens. It's a short travelogue of Dickens' travels through America in the year 1842, and contains some wonderful descriptions of a world that no longer exists, and, in addition, is extremely funny in parts, such as Dickens' description of the then-prevalent habit of chewing tobacco and spitting.
It's only a short book, but very well worth reading.
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