Sketches by Boz, Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People
by Charles Dickens
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Contents
- Preface
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Chapter I—The Boarding-House
- 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 XI—The Bloomsbury Christening
- Chapter XII—The Drunkard’s Death
- 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
- 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
- Public Life of Mr. Tulrumble—Once Mayor of Mudfog
- Full Report of the First Meeting of the Mudfog Association for the advancement of everything
- Full Report of the Second Meeting of the Mudfog Association for the advancement of everything
- 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