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Sketches by Boz

by

Charles Dickens

eBooks@Adelaide Collection
2004

Table of Contents

OUR PARISH

  1. THE BEADLE. THE PARISH ENGINE. THE SCHOOLMASTER.
  2. THE CURATE. THE OLD LADY. THE HALF–PAY CAPTAIN
  3. THE FOUR SISTERS
  4. THE ELECTION FOR BEADLE
  5. THE BROKER’S MAN
  6. THE LADIES’ SOCIETIES
  7. OUR NEXT–DOOR NEIGHBOUR

SCENES

  1. THE STREETS — MORNING
  2. THE STREETS — NIGHT
  3. SHOPS AND THEIR TENANTS
  4. SCOTLAND–YARD
  5. SEVEN DIALS
  6. MEDITATIONS IN MONMOUTH–STREET
  7. HACKNEY–COACH STANDS
  8. DOCTORS’ COMMONS
  9. LONDON RECREATIONS
  10. THE RIVER
  11. ASTLEY’S
  12. GREENWICH FAIR
  13. PRIVATE THEATRES
  14. VAUXHALL–GARDENS BY DAY
  15. EARLY COACHES
  16. OMNIBUSES
  17. THE LAST CAB–DRIVER, AND THE FIRST OMNIBUS CAD
  18. A PARLIAMENTARY SKETCH
  19. PUBLIC DINNERS
  20. THE FIRST OF MAY
  21. BROKERS’ AND MARINE–STORE SHOPS
  22. GIN–SHOPS
  23. THE PAWNBROKER’S SHOP
  24. CRIMINAL COURTS
  25. A VISIT TO NEWGATE

CHARACTERS

  1. THOUGHTS ABOUT PEOPLE
  2. A CHRISTMAS DINNER
  3. THE NEW YEAR
  4. MISS EVANS AND THE EAGLE
  5. THE PARLOUR ORATOR
  6. THE HOSPITAL PATIENT
  7. THE MISPLACED ATTACHMENT OF MR. JOHN DOUNCE
  8. THE MISTAKEN MILLINER. A TALE OF AMBITION
  9. THE DANCING ACADEMY
  10. SHABBY–GENTEEL PEOPLE
  11. MAKING A NIGHT OF IT
  12. THE PRISONERS’ VAN

TALES

  1. THE BOARDING–HOUSE.
  2. MR. MINNS AND HIS COUSIN
  3. SENTIMENT
  4. THE TUGGSES AT RAMSGATE
  5. HORATIO SPARKINS
  6. THE BLACK VEIL
  7. THE STEAM EXCURSION
  8. THE GREAT WINGLEBURY DUEL
  9. MRS. JOSEPH PORTER
  10. A PASSAGE IN THE LIFE OF MR. WATKINS TOTTLE
  11. THE BLOOMSBURY CHRISTENING
  12. THE DRUNKARD’S DEATH

SKETCHES OF YOUNG GENTLEMEN

  1. PREFACE
  2. THE BASHFUL YOUNG GENTLEMAN
  3. THE OUT–AND–OUT YOUNG GENTLEMAN
  4. THE VERY FRIENDLY YOUNG GENTLEMAN
  5. THE MILITARY YOUNG GENTLEMAN
  6. THE POLITICAL YOUNG GENTLEMAN
  7. THE DOMESTIC YOUNG GENTLEMAN
  8. THE CENSORIOUS YOUNG GENTLEMAN
  9. THE FUNNY YOUNG GENTLEMAN
  10. THE THEATRICAL YOUNG GENTLEMAN
  11. THE POETICAL YOUNG GENTLEMAN
  12. THE ‘THROWING–OFF’ YOUNG GENTLEMAN
  13. THE YOUNG LADIES’ YOUNG GENTLEMAN
  14. CONCLUSION

SKETCHES OF YOUNG COUPLES

  1. PREFACE
  2. THE YOUNG COUPLE
  3. THE FORMAL COUPLE
  4. THE LOVING COUPLE
  5. THE CONTRADICTORY COUPLE
  6. THE COUPLE WHO DOTE UPON THEIR CHILDREN
  7. THE COOL COUPLE
  8. THE PLAUSIBLE COUPLE
  9. THE NICE LITTLE COUPLE
  10. THE EGOTISTICAL COUPLE
  11. THE COUPLE WHO CODDLE THEMSELVES
  12. THE OLD COUPLE
  13. CONCLUSION

THE MUDFOG AND OTHER SKETCHES

  1. PUBLIC LIFE OF MR. TULRUMBLE — ONCE MAYOR OF MUDFOG
  2. FULL REPORT OF THE FIRST MEETING OF THE MUDFOG ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EVERYTHING
  3. FULL REPORT OF THE SECOND MEETING OF THE MUDFOG ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EVERYTHING
  4. THE PANTOMIME OF LIFE
  5. SOME PARTICULARS CONCERNING A LION
  6. MR. ROBERT BOLTON: THE ‘GENTLEMAN CONNECTED WITH THE PRESS’
  7. FAMILIAR EPISTLE FROM A PARENT TO A CHILD AGED TWO YEARS AND TWO MONTHS
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