A collection of sketches and short stories portraying everyday life and people in London, Dickens's first published work. Through vivid portraits of ordinary characters and scenes, it captures the city and society of its time. Worth listening for its lively observation and warm humor.
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Sketches by Boz
Illustrative of Every-Day Life
and Every-Day People
by Charles Dickens
With Illustrations by George Cruickshank and Phiz
LONDON: CHAPMAN & HALL, ƯŠ.
NEW YORK: CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
1903
PREFACE
The whole of these Sketches were written and published, one by one, when I was a very young man. They were collected and republished while I was still a very young man; and sent into the world with all their imperfections (a good many) on their heads.
They comprise my first attempts at authorship—with the exception of certain tragedies achieved at the mature age of eight or ten, and represented with great applause to overflowing nurseries. I am conscious of their often being extremely crude and ill-considered, and bearing obvious marks of haste and inexperience; particularly in that section of the present volume which is comprised under the general head of Tales.
But as this collection is not originated now, and was very leniently
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