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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". The first edition was accompanied by illustrations by George Cruikshank.
The sketch "Mr. Minns and his Cousin" (originally titled "A Dinner at Poplar Walk") was the first piece of fiction that Dickens ever had published.
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Contents
The contents of Sketches by Boz are:
The beadle. The parish engine. The schoolmaster.
The curate. The old lady. The half-pay captain
Meditations in Monmouth-Street
The last cab-driver, and the first omnibus cad
Brokers' and marine-store shops
The misplaced attachment of Mr. John Dounce
The mistaken milliner. A tale of ambition
The boarding-house; Chapter the first.
The great Winglebury duel
A passage in the life of Mr. Watkins Tottle
The Bloomsbury christening
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Quotes
A smattering of everything, and a knowledge of nothing. (Dickens' comment on women's education in his day) -Sentiment.
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