Sketches by Boz Characters Chapter XI - Making A Night Of It
In which two city clerks, bound by most cordial fellowship and a shared resolve to ‘make a night of it,’ embark upon an evening of convivial dining, spirited toasts, and the pleasures of theatre and t...
10 Sep 13min
Sketches by Boz Characters Chapter X - Shabby-Genteel People
In which the peculiar figure of the shabby-genteel man is delineated with a gentle eye, revealing a species quite peculiar to London, caught ceaselessly between faded respectability and visible destit...
9 Sep 10min
Sketches by Boz Characters Chapter IX - The Dancing Academy
In which a young gentleman of modest means, weary of his constrained existence, ventures into the peculiar world of a dancing academy nestled in the east of London, where he encounters a curious mixtu...
8 Sep 14min
Sketches by Boz Characters Chapter VIII - The Mistaken Milliner. A Tale Of Ambition
In which Miss Amelia Martin, a modest milliner of respectable if unremarkable talents, finds herself drawn from the quiet routine of her trade into the alluring world of amateur musical performance, i...
7 Sep 14min
Sketches by Boz Characters Chapter VII - The Misplaced Attachment Of Mr. John Dounce
In which we are introduced to the quaint and steady routine of Mr. John Dounce, a retired glove-maker and quintessential “old boy,” whose predictable evenings at the tavern with his companions are lei...
6 Sep 14min
Sketches by Boz Characters Chapter VI - The Hospital Patient
In which the sombre and silent hours behind the hospital windows reveal the stark realities of human frailty and desolation, where pain and loneliness dwell in the company of strangers, and compassion...
5 Sep 9min
Sketches by Boz Characters Chapter V - The Parlour Orator
In which an evening’s stroll leads to a modest old-fashioned public-house where a stout, red-faced orator commands the parlour with his impassioned political rhetoric, stirring both admiration and con...
4 Sep 12min
Sketches by Boz Characters Chapter IV - Miss Evans And The Eagle
In which a modest carpenter of neat appearance and humble means courts the industrious Miss Jemima Ivins, and they venture forth one lively evening to the bustling gardens and concert at the Eagle, en...
3 Sep 11min
