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

Charles Dickens

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Start of eBook	1
CHAPTER I—THE BEADLE. THE PARISH ENGINE. THE SCHOOLMASTER	1
CHAPTER II—THE CURATE. THE OLD LADY. THE HALF-PAY CAPTAIN	4
CHAPTER III—THE FOUR SISTERS	9
CHAPTER IV—THE ELECTION FOR BEADLE	13
CHAPTER V—THE BROKER’S MAN	18
MR BUNG’S NARRATIVE	19
CHAPTER VI—THE LADIES’ SOCIETIES	25
CHAPTER VII—OUR NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOUR	29
SCENES	35
CHAPTER I—THE STREETS—MORNING	35
CHAPTER II—THE STREETS—NIGHT	39
CHAPTER III—SHOPS AND THEIR TENANTS	43
CHAPTER IV—SCOTLAND-YARD	46
CHAPTER V—SEVEN DIALS	50
CHAPTER VI—MEDITATIONS IN MONMOUTH-STREET	53
CHAPTER VII—HACKNEY-COACH STANDS	58
CHAPTER VIII—DOCTORS’ COMMONS	62
CHAPTER IX—LONDON RECREATIONS	66
CHAPTER X—THE RIVER	69
CHAPTER XI—ASTLEY’S	75
CHAPTER XII—GREENWICH FAIR	80
CHAPTER XIII—PRIVATE THEATRES	86
CHAPTER XIV—VAUXHALL-GARDENS BY DAY	91
CHAPTER XV—EARLY COACHES	95
CHAPTER XVI—OMNIBUSES	99
CHAPTER XVII—THE LAST CAB-DRIVER, AND THE FIRST OMNIBUS CAD	103
CHAPTER XVIII—A PARLIAMENTARY SKETCH	110
CHAPTER XIX—PUBLIC DINNERS	119
CHAPTER XX—THE FIRST OF MAY	123
CHAPTER XXI—BROKERS’ AND MARINE-STORE SHOPS	129
CHAPTER XXII—GIN-SHOPS	132
CHAPTER XXIII—THE PAWNBROKER’S SHOP	136
CHAPTER XXIV—CRIMINAL COURTS	142
CHAPTER XXV—A VISIT TO NEWGATE	146
CHARACTERS	157
CHAPTER I—THOUGHTS ABOUT PEOPLE	157
CHAPTER II—A CHRISTMAS DINNER	160
CHAPTER III—THE NEW YEAR	164
CHAPTER IV—MISS EVANS AND THE EAGLE	168
CHAPTER V—THE PARLOUR ORATOR	171
CHAPTER VI—THE HOSPITAL PATIENT	175
CHAPTER VII—THE MISPLACED ATTACHMENT OF MR. JOHN DOUNCE	178
CHAPTER VIII—THE MISTAKEN MILLINER. A TALE OF AMBITION	182
CHAPTER IX—THE DANCING ACADEMY	187
CHAPTER X—SHABBY-GENTEEL PEOPLE	191
CHAPTER XI—MAKING A NIGHT OF IT	194
CHAPTER XII—THE PRISONERS’ VAN	199
TALES	201
CHAPTER I—THE BOARDING-HOUSE.	201
CHAPTER I.	201
CHAPTER THE SECOND.	213
CHAPTER II—MR. MINNS AND HIS COUSIN	228
CHAPTER III—SENTIMENT	235
CHAPTER IV—THE TUGGSES AT RAMSGATE	244
CHAPTER V—HORATIO SPARKINS	258
CHAPTER VI—THE BLACK VEIL	269
CHAPTER VII—THE STEAM EXCURSION	278
CHAPTER VIII—THE GREAT WINGLEBURY DUEL	294
CHAPTER IX—MRS. JOSEPH PORTER	306
CHAPTER X—A PASSAGE IN THE LIFE OF MR. WATKINS TOTTLE	314
CHAPTER THE FIRST	314
CHAPTER THE SECOND	324
CHAPTER XI—THE BLOOMSBURY CHRISTENING	349
CHAPTER XII—THE DRUNKARD’S DEATH	362
SKETCHES OF YOUNG GENTLEMEN	370
THE BASHFUL YOUNG GENTLEMAN	372
THE OUT-AND-OUT YOUNG GENTLEMAN	374
THE VERY FRIENDLY YOUNG GENTLEMAN	377
THE MILITARY YOUNG GENTLEMAN	380
THE POLITICAL YOUNG GENTLEMAN	383
THE DOMESTIC YOUNG GENTLEMAN	385
THE CENSORIOUS YOUNG GENTLEMAN	388
THE FUNNY YOUNG GENTLEMAN	390
THE THEATRICAL YOUNG GENTLEMAN	392
THE POETICAL YOUNG GENTLEMAN	395
THE ‘THROWING-OFF’ YOUNG GENTLEMAN	397
THE YOUNG LADIES’ YOUNG GENTLEMAN	400
CONCLUSION	403
SKETCHES OF YOUNG COUPLES	404
THE YOUNG COUPLE	406
THE FORMAL COUPLE	410
THE LOVING COUPLE	412
THE CONTRADICTORY COUPLE	416
THE COUPLE WHO DOTE UPON THEIR CHILDREN	418
THE COOL COUPLE	422
THE PLAUSIBLE COUPLE	424
THE NICE LITTLE COUPLE	427
THE EGOTISTICAL COUPLE	430
THE COUPLE WHO CODDLE THEMSELVES	433
THE OLD COUPLE	436
CONCLUSION	439
GOD BLESS THEM.	440
PUBLIC LIFE OF MR. TULRUMBLE—ONCE MAYOR OF MUDFOG	440
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THE PANTOMIME OF LIFE	486
SOME PARTICULARS CONCERNING A LION	492
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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