Sketches by Boz

Sketches by Boz is a collection of short pieces published by Charles Dickens in 1836. Dickens' career as a writer of fiction truly began with this collection in 1833, when he started writing humorous sketches for the Monthly Chronicle, using the pen-name "Boz".

Contents

The contents of Sketches by Boz are:

• Our parish
  • The beadle. The parish engine. The schoolmaster.
  • The curate. The old lady. The half-pay captain
  • The four sisters
  • The election for beadle
  • The broker's man
  • The ladies' societies
  • Our next-door neighbour
• Scenes
  • The streets - morning
  • The streets - night
  • Shops and their tenants
  • Scotland Yard
  • Seven Dials
  • Meditations in Monmouth-Street
  • Hackney-coach stands
  • Doctors' commons
  • London recreations
  • The river
  • Astley's
  • Greenwich fair
  • Private theatres
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