Sketches by Boz illustrative of everyday life and everyday people Charles Dickens Books
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Sketches by Boz illustrative of everyday life and everyday people Charles Dickens Books
It's Dickens. Need I say more. This was Charles Dickens first published novel, not the first piece of literature. He had spent several years writing for other publications, short stories. This first appeared as a serial. Later, it was published in its entirety. A great first introduction to England's most celebrated novelist.Product details
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Sketches by Boz illustrative of everyday life and everyday people Charles Dickens Books Reviews
This book helps to bring to life many of Dickens characters, and makes reading all his books much more enjoyable
`Sketches by "Boz" Illustrative of Every-day Life and Every-day People' was a collection of some of Dickens earliest work. Many of these pieces were published in newspapers and magazines before being published in book form in 1836. There were two series, the first being a two volume set in February of 1836, and the second as a single volume in December of 1836. Many of the earliest sketches were published without an author indicated, until he started using "Boz" as his pseudonym. This type of writing served Dickens well as he became used to writing in installments and as many of his novels were published this way. The earliest of these pieces ("A Dinner at Poplar Walk" known in this collection as "Mr. Minns and his Cousin") was published in December of 1833. The latest of these pieces was published for the first time in December 1836 along with the second series volume, and this was the closing piece "The Drunkard's Death". These pieces are organized into four sections in the book, Of the four sections, only the last are considered fictional stories, though to be sure, Dickens uses all his story-telling skill even on those which are considered non-fiction.
The first section is titled "Our Parish" and contains just seven pieces dealing with some of the characters who are part of his church's parish. The last piece doesn't really fit in with the rest for the most part as he starts by discussing knockers and their being replaced by bells, and moves into the problem with renting to single gentleman, which then leads into a very touching story of a mother and her son of eighteen who are poor and mourning the loss of the father. What these stories show is Dickens ability to write about serious subject matter, and yet have a touch of humor as well.
The second section it titled "Scenes", and this section demonstrates Dickens ability to describe the overall feel of a place, from the streets of London, to private theatres, coaches, and so on. This section contains 25 pieces which cover a wide variety of areas of London, types of stores and buildings, as well as the people one finds in these areas. The last piece is "A Visit to Newgate", which is a powerful piece about the conditions a prisoner faces in Newgate prison, and finishing with the environment facing a condemned man during his last night.
The third section is similar to the second section except it looks at "Characters" a bit more than setting, though to be sure this dividing line is not so firm as the section headings would indicate. There are 12 pieces in this section, and like the section before it ends with a piece touching on the criminal system in London with "The Prisoners' Van", a.k.a `Her Majesty's carriage'. In this story, Dickens introduces us to two young women. Once again Dickens clearly has a social conscious and it comes through loud and clear in his writing. Such observations as "What the younger girl was then, the elder had been once; and what the elder then was, the younger must soon become." express so well the situation facing the young and poor.
The fourth and final section is "Tales", and here the stories are more complete, sketches no more, they are full fictional stories in which Dickens puts all the pieces together. Despite being in the last section of this collection, 6 of these 16 pieces of short fiction are actually older than any of the "Sketches" in the first three sections. So while the setup of this collection creates an arc from a non-fictional account, through the development of scenes and characters to a fictional story, that isn't the actual progression of how these pieces were written. In fact, Dickens was accomplished at telling a fictional story from the start of his career.
`Sketches by "Boz"' is nowhere near the most significant work that Dickens produced, but it does offer a good look at his early writing, along with numerous examples of his ability to describe scenes and characters, as well as blend humor and drama together for a very effective result. There are probably many people who could skip this work without missing out on anything, and for that reason I am giving it just three stars, but for those who study Dickens and/or 19th century literature, this is an essential work to better understand one of the greatest writers of the era.
short sketch and not very interesting unless you want to study Dickens completely
There is nothing new to be said in praising the great man's works. His characters exude a warmth and humanity that go to your heart. Just read with pleasure and drink deeply of this genius.
These are short sketches that are amusing. You can read a few of them at a time and get a kick out them. They are good for reading when you are not really in the mood for deeper and more solid reading. Good summer time reading when you are tired and sunstruck after a long day.
it's Dickens, what's not to like
It's Dickens. Need I say more. This was Charles Dickens first published novel, not the first piece of literature. He had spent several years writing for other publications, short stories. This first appeared as a serial. Later, it was published in its entirety. A great first introduction to England's most celebrated novelist.
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