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Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people eBook

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Charles Dickens

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CHAPTER I—­THE BEADLE.  THE PARISH ENGINE.  THE SCHOOLMASTER1
CHAPTER II—­THE CURATE.  THE OLD LADY.  THE HALF-PAY CAPTAIN4
CHAPTER III—­THE FOUR SISTERS9
CHAPTER IV—­THE ELECTION FOR BEADLE13
CHAPTER V—­THE BROKER’S MAN18
MR BUNG’S NARRATIVE19
CHAPTER VI—­THE LADIES’ SOCIETIES25
CHAPTER VII—­OUR NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOUR29
SCENES35
CHAPTER I—­THE STREETS—­MORNING35
CHAPTER II—­THE STREETS—­NIGHT39
CHAPTER III—­SHOPS AND THEIR TENANTS43
CHAPTER IV—­SCOTLAND-YARD46
CHAPTER V—­SEVEN DIALS50
CHAPTER VI—­MEDITATIONS IN MONMOUTH-STREET53
CHAPTER VII—­HACKNEY-COACH STANDS58
CHAPTER VIII—­DOCTORS’ COMMONS62
CHAPTER IX—­LONDON RECREATIONS66
CHAPTER X—­THE RIVER69
CHAPTER XI—­ASTLEY’S75
CHAPTER XII—­GREENWICH FAIR80
CHAPTER XIII—­PRIVATE THEATRES86
CHAPTER XIV—­VAUXHALL-GARDENS BY DAY91
CHAPTER XV—­EARLY COACHES95
CHAPTER XVI—­OMNIBUSES99
CHAPTER XVII—­THE LAST CAB-DRIVER, AND THE FIRST OMNIBUS CAD103
CHAPTER XVIII—­A PARLIAMENTARY SKETCH110
CHAPTER XIX—­PUBLIC DINNERS119
CHAPTER XX—­THE FIRST OF MAY123
CHAPTER XXI—­BROKERS’ AND MARINE-STORE SHOPS129
CHAPTER XXII—­GIN-SHOPS132
CHAPTER XXIII—­THE PAWNBROKER’S SHOP136
CHAPTER XXIV—­CRIMINAL COURTS142
CHAPTER XXV—­A VISIT TO NEWGATE146
CHARACTERS157
CHAPTER I—­THOUGHTS ABOUT PEOPLE157
CHAPTER II—­A CHRISTMAS DINNER160
CHAPTER III—­THE NEW YEAR164
CHAPTER IV—­MISS EVANS AND THE EAGLE168
CHAPTER V—­THE PARLOUR ORATOR171
CHAPTER VI—­THE HOSPITAL PATIENT175
CHAPTER VII—­THE MISPLACED ATTACHMENT OF MR. JOHN DOUNCE178
CHAPTER VIII—­THE MISTAKEN MILLINER.  A TALE OF AMBITION182
CHAPTER IX—­THE DANCING ACADEMY187
CHAPTER X—­SHABBY-GENTEEL PEOPLE191
CHAPTER XI—­MAKING A NIGHT OF IT194
CHAPTER XII—­THE PRISONERS’ VAN199
TALES201
CHAPTER I—­THE BOARDING-HOUSE.201
CHAPTER I.201
CHAPTER THE SECOND.213
CHAPTER II—­MR. MINNS AND HIS COUSIN228
CHAPTER III—­SENTIMENT235
CHAPTER IV—­THE TUGGSES AT RAMSGATE244
CHAPTER V—­HORATIO SPARKINS258
CHAPTER VI—­THE BLACK VEIL269
CHAPTER VII—­THE STEAM EXCURSION278
CHAPTER VIII—­THE GREAT WINGLEBURY DUEL294
CHAPTER IX—­MRS. JOSEPH PORTER306
CHAPTER X—­A PASSAGE IN THE LIFE OF MR. WATKINS TOTTLE314
CHAPTER THE FIRST314
CHAPTER THE SECOND324
CHAPTER XI—­THE BLOOMSBURY CHRISTENING349
CHAPTER XII—­THE DRUNKARD’S DEATH362
SKETCHES OF YOUNG GENTLEMEN370
THE BASHFUL YOUNG GENTLEMAN372
THE OUT-AND-OUT YOUNG GENTLEMAN374
THE VERY FRIENDLY YOUNG GENTLEMAN377
THE MILITARY YOUNG GENTLEMAN380
THE POLITICAL YOUNG GENTLEMAN383
THE DOMESTIC YOUNG GENTLEMAN385
THE CENSORIOUS YOUNG GENTLEMAN388
THE FUNNY YOUNG GENTLEMAN390
THE THEATRICAL YOUNG GENTLEMAN392
THE POETICAL YOUNG GENTLEMAN395
THE ‘THROWING-OFF’ YOUNG GENTLEMAN397
THE YOUNG LADIES’ YOUNG GENTLEMAN400
CONCLUSION403
SKETCHES OF YOUNG COUPLES404
THE YOUNG COUPLE406
THE FORMAL COUPLE410
THE LOVING COUPLE412
THE CONTRADICTORY COUPLE416
THE COUPLE WHO DOTE UPON THEIR CHILDREN418
THE COOL COUPLE422
THE PLAUSIBLE COUPLE424
THE NICE LITTLE COUPLE427
THE EGOTISTICAL COUPLE430
THE COUPLE WHO CODDLE THEMSELVES433
THE OLD COUPLE436
CONCLUSION439
GOD BLESS THEM.440
PUBLIC LIFE OF MR. TULRUMBLE—­ONCE MAYOR OF MUDFOG440
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THE PANTOMIME OF LIFE486
SOME PARTICULARS CONCERNING A LION492
MR. ROBERT BOLTON:  THE ‘GENTLEMAN CONNECTED WITH THE PRESS’496
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Footnotes: 501
Information about Project Gutenberg (one page)502
(Three Pages)504
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