Sketches by Boz

About this eBook

Author

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870

Title

Sketches by Boz, Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People

Credits

David Price

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century

Category

Text

eBook-No.

882

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/882

Release Date

April 1, 1997

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Sketches by Boz
2. 2.by Charles Dickens
3. 3.PREFACE
4. 4.OUR PARISH — CHAPTER I—THE BEADLE. THE PARISH ENGINE. THE SCHOOLMASTER — CHAPTER II—THE CURATE. THE OLD LADY. THE HALF-PAY CAPTAIN — CHAPTER III—THE FOUR SISTERS — CHAPTER IV—THE ELECTION FOR BEADLE — CHAPTER V—THE BROKER’S MAN — CHAPTER VI—THE LADIES’ SOCIETIES — CHAPTER VII—OUR NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOUR
5. 5.SCENES — CHAPTER I—THE STREETS—MORNING — CHAPTER II—THE STREETS—NIGHT — CHAPTER III—SHOPS AND THEIR TENANTS — CHAPTER IV—SCOTLAND-YARD — CHAPTER V—SEVEN DIALS — CHAPTER VI—MEDITATIONS IN MONMOUTH-STREET — CHAPTER VII—HACKNEY-COACH STANDS — CHAPTER VIII—DOCTORS’ COMMONS — CHAPTER IX—LONDON RECREATIONS — CHAPTER X—THE RIVER — CHAPTER XI—ASTLEY’S — CHAPTER XII—GREENWICH FAIR — CHAPTER XIII—PRIVATE THEATRES — CHAPTER XIV—VAUXHALL-GARDENS BY DAY — CHAPTER XV—EARLY COACHES — CHAPTER XVI—OMNIBUSES — CHAPTER XVII—THE LAST CAB-DRIVER, AND THE FIRST OMNIBUS CAD — CHAPTER XVIII—A PARLIAMENTARY SKETCH — CHAPTER XIX—PUBLIC DINNERS — CHAPTER XX—THE FIRST OF MAY — CHAPTER XXI—BROKERS’ AND MARINE-STORE SHOPS — CHAPTER XXII—GIN-SHOPS — CHAPTER XXIII—THE PAWNBROKER’S SHOP — CHAPTER XXIV—CRIMINAL COURTS — CHAPTER XXV—A VISIT TO NEWGATE
6. 6.CHARACTERS — CHAPTER I—THOUGHTS ABOUT PEOPLE — CHAPTER II—A CHRISTMAS DINNER — CHAPTER III—THE NEW YEAR — CHAPTER IV—MISS EVANS AND THE EAGLE — CHAPTER V—THE PARLOUR ORATOR — CHAPTER VI—THE HOSPITAL PATIENT — CHAPTER VII—THE MISPLACED ATTACHMENT OF MR. JOHN DOUNCE — CHAPTER VIII—THE MISTAKEN MILLINER. A TALE OF AMBITION — CHAPTER IX—THE DANCING ACADEMY — CHAPTER X—SHABBY-GENTEEL PEOPLE — CHAPTER XI—MAKING A NIGHT OF IT — CHAPTER XII—THE PRISONERS’ VAN
7. 7.TALES — CHAPTER I—THE BOARDING-HOUSE — CHAPTER I. — CHAPTER THE SECOND. — CHAPTER II—MR. MINNS AND HIS COUSIN — CHAPTER III—SENTIMENT — CHAPTER IV—THE TUGGSES AT RAMSGATE — CHAPTER V—HORATIO SPARKINS — CHAPTER VI—THE BLACK VEIL — CHAPTER VII—THE STEAM EXCURSION — CHAPTER VIII—THE GREAT WINGLEBURY DUEL — CHAPTER IX—MRS. JOSEPH PORTER — CHAPTER X—A PASSAGE IN THE LIFE OF MR. WATKINS TOTTLE — CHAPTER THE FIRST — CHAPTER THE SECOND — CHAPTER XI—THE BLOOMSBURY CHRISTENING — CHAPTER XII—THE DRUNKARD’S DEATH
8. 8.SKETCHES OF YOUNG GENTLEMEN — THE BASHFUL YOUNG GENTLEMAN — THE OUT-AND-OUT YOUNG GENTLEMAN — THE VERY FRIENDLY YOUNG GENTLEMAN — THE MILITARY YOUNG GENTLEMAN — THE POLITICAL YOUNG GENTLEMAN — THE DOMESTIC YOUNG GENTLEMAN — THE CENSORIOUS YOUNG GENTLEMAN — THE FUNNY YOUNG GENTLEMAN — THE THEATRICAL YOUNG GENTLEMAN — THE POETICAL YOUNG GENTLEMAN — THE ‘THROWING-OFF’ YOUNG GENTLEMAN — THE YOUNG LADIES’ YOUNG GENTLEMAN — CONCLUSION
9. 9.SKETCHES OF YOUNG COUPLES — AN URGENT REMONSTRANCE, &c. — THE YOUNG COUPLE — THE FORMAL COUPLE — THE LOVING COUPLE — THE CONTRADICTORY COUPLE — THE COUPLE WHO DOTE UPON THEIR CHILDREN — THE COOL COUPLE — THE PLAUSIBLE COUPLE — THE NICE LITTLE COUPLE — THE EGOTISTICAL COUPLE — THE COUPLE WHO CODDLE THEMSELVES — THE OLD COUPLE — CONCLUSION
10. 10.THE MUDFOG AND OTHER SKETCHES — PUBLIC LIFE OF MR. TULRUMBLE—ONCE MAYOR OF MUDFOG — FULL REPORT OF THE FIRST MEETING OF THE MUDFOG ASSOCIATION for the advancement of everything — ‘SECTION A.—ZOOLOGY AND BOTANY. GREAT ROOM, PIG AND TINDER-BOX. — ‘SECTION B.—ANATOMY AND MEDICINE. COACH-HOUSE, PIG AND TINDER-BOX. — ‘SECTION C.—STATISTICS. HAY-LOFT, ORIGINAL PIG. — ‘SECTION D.—MECHANICAL SCIENCE. COACH-HOUSE, ORIGINAL PIG. — FULL REPORT OF THE SECOND MEETING OF THE MUDFOG ASSOCIATION for the advancement of everything — ‘SECTION A.—ZOOLOGY AND BOTANY. FRONT PARLOUR, BLACK BOY AND STOMACH-ACHE. — ‘SECTION B.—DISPLAY OF MODELS AND MECHANICAL SCIENCE. LARGE ROOM, BOOT-JACK AND COUNTENANCE. — ‘SECTION C.—ANATOMY AND MEDICINE. BAR ROOM, BLACK BOY AND STOMACH-ACHE. — ‘SECTION D.—STATISTICS. OUT-HOUSE, BLACK BOY AND STOMACH-ACHE. — ‘SUPPLEMENTARY SECTION, E.—UMBUGOLOGY AND DITCHWATERISICS. — THE PANTOMIME OF LIFE — SOME PARTICULARS CONCERNING A LION — MR. ROBERT BOLTON: THE ‘GENTLEMAN CONNECTED WITH THE PRESS’ — FAMILIAR EPISTLE FROM A PARENT TO A CHILD aged two years and two months
11. 11.Footnotes:

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