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Sketches by Boz

Charles Dickens

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OUR PARISH

CHAPTER I - THE BEADLE. THE PARISH ENGINE. THE SCHOOLMASTER.

CHAPTER II - THE CURATE. THE OLD LADY. THE HALF-PAY CAPTAIN

CHAPTER III - THE FOUR SISTERS

CHAPTER IV - THE ELECTION FOR BEADLE

CHAPTER V - THE BROKER'S MAN

CHAPTER VI - THE LADIES' SOCIETIES

CHAPTER VII - OUR NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOUR

SCENES

CHAPTER I - THE STREETS - MORNING

CHAPTER II - THE STREETS - NIGHT

CHAPTER III - SHOPS AND THEIR TENANTS

CHAPTER IV - SCOTLAND-YARD

CHAPTER V - SEVEN DIALS

CHAPTER VI - MEDITATIONS IN MONMOUTH-STREET

CHAPTER VII - HACKNEY-COACH STANDS

CHAPTER VIII - DOCTORS' COMMONS

CHAPTER IX - LONDON RECREATIONS

CHAPTER X - THE RIVER

CHAPTER XI - ASTLEY'S

CHAPTER XII - GREENWICH FAIR

CHAPTER XIII - PRIVATE THEATRES

CHAPTER XIV - VAUXHALL-GARDENS BY DAY

CHAPTER XV - EARLY COACHES

CHAPTER XVI - OMNIBUSES

CHAPTER XVII - THE LAST CAB-DRIVER, AND THE FIRST OMNIBUS CAD

CHAPTER XVIII - A PARLIAMENTARY SKETCH

CHAPTER XIX - PUBLIC DINNERS

CHAPTER XX - THE FIRST OF MAY

CHAPTER XXI - BROKERS' AND MARINE-STORE SHOPS

CHAPTER XXII - GIN-SHOPS

CHAPTER XXIII - THE PAWNBROKER'S SHOP

CHAPTER XXIV - CRIMINAL COURTS

CHAPTER XXV - A VISIT TO NEWGATE

CHAPTER I - THOUGHTS ABOUT PEOPLE

CHAPTER II - A CHRISTMAS DINNER

CHAPTER III - THE NEW YEAR

CHAPTER IV - MISS EVANS AND THE EAGLE

CHAPTER V - THE PARLOUR ORATOR

CHAPTER VI - THE HOSPITAL PATIENT

CHAPTER VII - THE MISPLACED ATTACHMENT OF MR. JOHN DOUNCE

CHAPTER VIII - THE MISTAKEN MILLINER. A TALE OF AMBITION

CHAPTER IX - THE DANCING ACADEMY

CHAPTER X - SHABBY-GENTEEL PEOPLE

CHAPTER XI - MAKING A NIGHT OF IT

CHAPTER XII - THE PRISONERS' VAN

CHAPTER I - THE BOARDING-HOUSE.

CHAPTER THE SECOND.

CHAPTER II - MR. MINNS AND HIS COUSIN

CHAPTER III - SENTIMENT

CHAPTER IV - THE TUGGSES AT RAMSGATE

CHAPTER V - HORATIO SPARKINS

CHAPTER VI - THE BLACK VEIL

CHAPTER VII - THE STEAM EXCURSION

CHAPTER VIII - THE GREAT WINGLEBURY DUEL

CHAPTER IX - MRS. JOSEPH PORTER

CHAPTER X - A PASSAGE IN THE LIFE OF MR. WATKINS TOTTLE

CHAPTER THE FIRST

CHAPTER THE SECOND

CHAPTER XI - THE BLOOMSBURY CHRISTENING

CHAPTER XII - THE DRUNKARD'S DEATH