Sketches by Boz Illustrative of Everyday Life and Everyday People (Paperback)

from charlie68

Funny and interesting book about life in London in the early nineteenth century. Mostly humourous sketches with some darker sentimental ones within. Shows Dickens spreading his wings as a writer fortelling the heights to which he would achieve.

from JBD1

Some of Dickens' earliest published writings; there are hints here of what's to come in these vignettes, sketches, and short tales, but I can't say I found the whole collection particularly compelling.

from john257hopper

A mixed bag of sketches, with some very funny and moving ones, and a few that were mediocre and forgettable. Some of the best were redolent of Dickens's later distinctive style, though these were his earliest published works, first appearing in magazines between 1833-36.  The first seven sketches...

from EricCostello

Some of the earliest published work of Dickens, mixed with a few pieces he added when the pieces were collected for the first time in book form. Some vintage Dickens in spots, foreshadowing later characters. The second half, which is more fiction than journalism, drags a bit with repeated themes,...

from quaintlittlehead

"Sketches by Boz" contains a smattering of descriptive accounts of people and places around 19th-century London, alongside fictional stories set in the same place and time. Originally published in serial form, it was later gathered in two volumes as a book, and is sometimes mistakenly referred to...