SKETCHES BY BOZ
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Charles Dickens
Sketches by Boz, by Charles Dickens
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Title: Sketches by Boz
Author: Charles Dickens
Release Date: April, 1997 [EBook #882]
[This file was first posted on April 10, 1997]
[Most recently updated: May 7, 2003]
Edition: 10
Language: English
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Transcribed from the 1903 edition by David Price, email
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OUR
PARISH.. 8
CHAPTER
I—THE BEADLE. THE PARISH ENGINE. THE SCHOOLMASTER.. 8
CHAPTER
II—THE CURATE. THE OLD LADY. THE HALF-PAY CAPTAIN.. 11
CHAPTER
III—THE FOUR SISTERS. 15
CHAPTER
IV—THE ELECTION FOR BEADLE. 18
CHAPTER
V—THE BROKER’S MAN.. 22
CHAPTER
VI—THE LADIES’ SOCIETIES. 28
CHAPTER
VII—OUR NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOUR.. 31
SCENES. 36
CHAPTER
I—THE STREETS—MORNING.. 36
CHAPTER
II—THE STREETS—NIGHT. 39
CHAPTER
III—SHOPS AND THEIR TENANTS. 43
CHAPTER
IV—SCOTLAND-YARD.. 45
CHAPTER
V—SEVEN DIALS. 48
CHAPTER
VI—MEDITATIONS IN MONMOUTH-STREET. 51
CHAPTER
VII—HACKNEY-COACH STANDS. 55
CHAPTER
VIII—DOCTORS’ COMMONS. 58
CHAPTER
IX—LONDON RECREATIONS. 61
CHAPTER
X—THE RIVER.. 65
CHAPTER
XI—ASTLEY’S. 69
CHAPTER
XII—GREENWICH FAIR.. 73
CHAPTER
XIII—PRIVATE THEATRES. 78
CHAPTER
XIV—VAUXHALL-GARDENS BY DAY.. 82
CHAPTER
XV—EARLY COACHES. 86
CHAPTER
XVI—OMNIBUSES. 89
CHAPTER
XVII—THE LAST CAB-DRIVER, AND THE FIRST OMNIBUS CAD.. 92
CHAPTER
XVIII—A PARLIAMENTARY SKETCH.. 98
CHAPTER
XIX—PUBLIC DINNERS. 105
CHAPTER
XX—THE FIRST OF MAY.. 109
CHAPTER
XXI—BROKERS’ AND MARINE-STORE SHOPS. 114
CHAPTER
XXII—GIN-SHOPS. 117
CHAPTER
XXIII—THE PAWNBROKER’S SHOP. 120
CHAPTER
XXIV—CRIMINAL COURTS. 125
CHAPTER
XXV—A VISIT TO NEWGATE. 127
CHARACTERS. 136
CHAPTER
I—THOUGHTS ABOUT PEOPLE. 136
CHAPTER
II—A CHRISTMAS DINNER.. 139
CHAPTER
III—THE NEW YEAR.. 142
CHAPTER
IV—MISS EVANS AND THE EAGLE. 145
CHAPTER
V—THE PARLOUR ORATOR.. 148
CHAPTER
VI—THE HOSPITAL PATIENT. 152
CHAPTER
VII—THE MISPLACED ATTACHMENT OF MR. JOHN DOUNCE. 154
CHAPTER
VIII—THE MISTAKEN MILLINER. A TALE OF AMBITION.. 158
CHAPTER
IX—THE DANCING ACADEMY.. 162
CHAPTER
X—SHABBY-GENTEEL PEOPLE. 166