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Sketches by Boz

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4 out of 5
Based on 124 Ratings and 13 Reviews

Book Description
The young Dickens composed these sketches, his first attempts at authorship, poised between two worlds. Thea Holmes writes in her Introduction, 'On the one hand Dickens depicts in relentless detail the horrors of poverty, disease, and crime - legacy of eighteenth-century London; on the other the prosperous vulgarity of the rapidly rising middle class.' Among the many essays are 'Scotland Yard', 'G... More
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PublisherOxford University Press Inc
BindingHardcover (104 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages708
ISBN-100192545183
ISBN-13978-0192545183
Publication Date10/22/1987
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About Charles Dickens (Author) : Charles Dickens, (February 1812 – 9 June 1870), pen-name "Boz", was one of the most popular English novelists of the Victorian era as well as a vigorous social campaigner. Critics George Gissing an... more
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About Thea Holme (Introduction) : Thea Holme is credited in . A published credit of Thea Holme is Sketches By Boz (New Oxford Illustrated Dickens).
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