Sketches by Boz电子书

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Title

Part 1 - Our Parish

Chapter 1 - The Beadle. The Parish Engine. The Schoolmaster

Chapter 2 - The Curate. The Old Lady. The Half-Pay Captain

Chapter 3 - The Four Sisters

Chapter 4 - The Election for Beadle

Chapter 5 - The Broker's Man

Chapter 6 - The Ladies' Societies

Chapter 7 - Our Next-Door Neighbour

Part 2 - Scenes

Chapter 1 - The Streets - Morning

Chapter 2 - The Streets - Night

Chapter 3 - Shops and Their Tenants

Chapter 4 - Scotland-Yard

Chapter 5 - Seven Dials

Chapter 6 - Meditations in Monmouth-Street

Chapter 7 - Hackney-Coach Stands

Chapter 8 - Doctors' Commons

Chapter 9 - London Recreations

Chapter 10 - The River

Chapter 11 - Astley's

Chapter 12 - Greenwich Fair

Chapter 13 - Private Theatres

Chapter 14 - Vauxhall-Gardens by Day

Chapter 15 - Early Coaches

Chapter 16 - Omnibuses

Chapter 17 - The Last Cab-Driver, and the First Omnibus Cad

Chapter 18 - A Parliamentary Sketch

Chapter 19 - Public Dinners

Chapter 20 - The First of May

Chapter 21 - Brokers' And Marine-Store Shops

Chapter 22 - Gin-Shops

Chapter 23 - The Pawnbroker's Shop

Chapter 24 - Criminal Courts

Chapter 25 - A Visit to Newgate

Part 3 - Characters

Chapter 1 - Thoughts About People

Chapter 2 - A Christmas Dinner

Chapter 3 - The New Year

Chapter 4 - Miss Evans and the Eagle

Chapter 5 - The Parlour Orator

Chapter 6 - The Hospital Patient

Chapter 7 - The Misplaced Attachment of Mr. John Dounce

Chapter 8 - The Mistaken Milliner. A Tale of Ambition

Chapter 9 - The Dancing Academy

Chapter 10 - Shabby-Genteel People

Chapter 11 - Making a Night of It

Chapter 12 - The Prisoners' Van

Part 4 - Tales

Chapter 1 - The Boarding-House

Chapter 2 - Mr. Minns and His Cousin

Chapter 3 - Sentiment

Chapter 4 - The Tuggses at Ramsgate

Chapter 5 - Horatio Sparkins

Chapter 6 - The Black Veil

Chapter 7 - The Steam Excursion

Chapter 8 - The Great Winglebury Duel

Chapter 9 - Mrs. Joseph Porter

Chapter 10 - A Passage in the Life of Mr. Watkins Tottle

Chapter 11 - The Bloomsbury Christening

Chapter 12 - The Drunkard's Death

Part 5 - Sketches of Young Gentlemen

The Bashful Young Gentleman

The Out-and-Out Young Gentleman

The Very Friendly Young Gentleman

The Military Young Gentleman

The Political Young Gentleman

The Domestic Young Gentleman

The Censorious Young Gentleman

The Funny Young Gentleman

The Theatrical Young Gentleman

The Poetical Young Gentleman

The "Throwing-Off" Young Gentleman

The Young Ladies' Young Gentleman

Conclusion

Part 6 - Sketches of Young Couples

An Urgent Remonstrance

The Young Couple

The Formal Couple

The Loving Couple

The Contradictory Couple

The Couple Who Dote Upon Their Children

The Cool Couple

The Plausible Couple

The Nice Little Couple

The Egotistical Couple

The Couple Who Coddle Themselves

The Old Couple

Conclusion

Part 7 - The Mudfog and Other Sketches

Public Life of Mr. Tulrumble - Once Mayor Of Mudfog

Full Report of the First Meeting of the Mudfog Association for the Advancement of Everything

Full Report of the Second Meeting of the Mudfog Association for the Advancement of Everything

The Pantomime of Life

Some Particulars Concerning a Lion

Mr. Robert Bolton - The "Gentleman Connected with the Press"

Familiar Epistle from a Parent to a Child Aged Two Years and Two Months

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