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"Sketches by Boz" is a collection of short pieces published by Charles Dickens (under the pseudonym Boz) in 1836.
The collection heralded an exciting new voice in English literature and it is Dickens first published book.
This richly varied collection of observation, fancy and fiction shows the London he knew so intimately at its best and worst - its streets, theatres, inns, pawnshops, law courts, prisons, omnibuses and the river Thames - in honest and visionary descriptions of everyday life and people.
"Sketches by Boz" is a remarkable achievement, and looks towards Dickens's giant novels in its profusion of characters, its glimpses of surreal modernity and its limitless fund of pathos and comic invention.
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Rating★★★★ 3.7 (3.2K)
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GenreGeneral Fiction, Mystery and Thriller, Children's Literature
Length28 hrs 47 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 5, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Preface
2OUR PARISH
3Chapter 1. The Beadle. The Parish Engine. The Schoolmaster
4Chapter 2. The Curate. The Old Lady. The Half-Pay Captain
5Chapter 3. The Four Sisters
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6Chapter 4. The Election For Beadle
7Chapter 5. The Broker’s Man
8Chapter 6. The Ladies’ Societies
9Chapter 7. Our Next-Door Neighbour
10SCENES
11Chapter 1. The Streets—Morning
12Chapter 2. The Streets—Night
13Chapter 3. Shops And Their Tenants
14Chapter 4. Scotland-Yard
15Chapter 5. Seven Dials
16Chapter 6. Meditations In Monmouth-Street
17Chapter 7. Hackney-Coach Stands
18Chapter 8. Doctors’ Commons
19Chapter 9. London Recreations
20Chapter 10. The River
21Chapter 11. Astley’s
22Chapter 12. Greenwich Fair
23Chapter 13. Private Theatres
24Chapter 14. Vauxhall-Gardens By Day
25Chapter 15. Early Coaches
26Chapter 16. Omnibuses
27Chapter 17. The Last Cab-Driver, And The First Omnibus Cad
28Chapter 18. A Parliamentary Sketch
29Chapter 19. Public Dinners
30Chapter 20. The First Of May
31Chapter 21. Brokers’ And Marine-Store Shops
32Chapter 22. Gin-Shops
33Chapter 23. The Pawnbroker’s Shop
34Chapter 24. Criminal Courts
35Chapter 25. A Visit To Newgate
36CHARACTERS
37Chapter 1. Thoughts About People
38Chapter 2. A Christmas Dinner
39Chapter 3. The New Year
40Chapter 4. Miss Evans And The Eagle
41Chapter 5. The Parlour Orator
42Chapter 6. The Hospital Patient
43Chapter 7. The Misplaced Attachment Of Mr. John Dounce
44Chapter 8. The Mistaken Milliner. A Tale Of Ambition
45Chapter 9. The Dancing Academy
46Chapter 10. Shabby-Genteel People
47Chapter 11. Making A Night Of It
48Chapter 12. The Prisoners’ Van
49TALES
50Chapter 1. The Boarding-House
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