Sketches by Boz: Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People

Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870)

Sketches by Boz is a collection of short pieces published by Charles Dickens in 1836 accompanied by illustrations by George Cruikshank. It consists of 56 passages divided into four sections: "Our Parish", "Scenes", "Characters", and "Tales". Of these, only the last contains fiction. (Summary by Wikipedia)

Genre(s): Single Author Collections

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Our Parish 1: The Beadle, the Parish Engine, the Schoolmaster David Barnes
00:15:13
Play 02 Our Parish 2: The Curate, the Old Lady, the Half-Pay Captain Peter Yearsley
00:16:45
Play 03 Our Parish 3: The Four Sisters Peter Yearsley
00:13:21
Play 04 Our Parish 4: The Election for Beadle Martin Geeson
00:28:31
Play 05 Our Parish 5: The Broker's Man Ellis Christoff
00:23:26
Play 06 Our Parish 6: The Ladies' Societies Peter Yearsley
00:15:38
Play 07 Our Parish 7: Our Next-Door Neighbor Peter Yearsley
00:16:55
Play 08 Scenes 1: The Streets, Morning Peter Yearsley
00:13:46
Play 09 Scenes 2: The Streets, Night Peter Yearsley
00:13:46
Play 10 Scenes 3: Shops and Their Tenants Martin Geeson
00:18:18
Play 11 Scenes 4: Scotland-Yard Martin Geeson
00:18:50
Play 12 Scenes 5: Seven Dials Peter Yearsley
00:11:55
Play 13 Scenes 6: Meditations in Monmouth-Street hefyd
00:18:28
Play 14 Scenes 7: Hackney-Coach Stands nihilist00
00:10:52
Play 15 Scenes 8: Doctors' Commons hefyd
00:15:05
Play 16 Scenes 9: London Recreations Eddie Winter
00:13:41
Play 17 Scenes 10: The River Eddie Winter
00:17:15
Play 18 Scenes 11: Astley's Eddie Winter
00:17:41
Play 19 Scenes 12: Greenwich Fair Philippa
00:20:38
Play 20 Scenes 13: Private Theatres Philippa
00:16:19
Play 21 Scenes 14: Vauxhall-Gardens, by Day nihilist00
00:13:20
Play 22 Scenes 15: Early Coaches Chris Hughes
00:11:49
Play 23 Scenes 16: Omnibuses nihilist00
00:10:23
Play 24 Scenes 17: The Last Driver & the First Omnibus Cad Andy Minter (1934-2017)
00:24:50
Play 25 Scenes 18: A Parliamentary Sketch Andy Minter (1934-2017)
00:27:55
Play 26 Scenes 19: Public Dinners Andy Minter (1934-2017)
00:14:47
Play 27 Scenes 20: The First of May Ruth Golding
00:23:49
Play 28 Scenes 21: Brokers' and Marine Store Shops miette
00:14:23
Play 29 Scenes 22: Gin Shops miette
00:16:12
Play 30 Scenes 23: Pawnbrokers' Shops miette
00:21:54
Play 31 Scenes 24: Criminal Courts hefyd
00:11:46
Play 32 Scenes 25: A Visit to Newgate MorganScorpion
00:35:03
Play 33 Characters 1: Thoughts about People Justin Brett
00:12:38
Play 34 Characters 2: A Christmas Dinner Ruth Golding
00:15:08
Play 35 Characters 3: The New Year Ruth Golding
00:15:49
Play 36 Characters 4: Miss Evans and the Eagle ravenotation
00:12:55
Play 37 Characters 5: The Parlour Orator ravenotation
00:14:33
Play 38 Characters 6: The Hospital Patient ravenotation
00:11:00
Play 39 Characters 7: The Misplaced Attachment Tim Bulkeley (1948-2019)
00:15:43
Play 40 Characters 8: The Mistaken Milliner Ruth Golding
00:19:42
Play 41 Characters 9: The Dancing Academy MorganScorpion
00:15:17
Play 42 Characters 10: Shabby-Genteel People MorganScorpion
00:10:37
Play 43 Characters 11: Making a Night of It Martin Geeson
00:22:14
Play 44 Characters 12: The Prisoners' Van MorganScorpion
00:07:36
Play 45 Tales 1: The Boarding House, Part 1 meyerli
00:38:09
Play 46 Tales 1: The Boarding House, Part 2 David Lazarus
00:48:44
Play 47 Tales 2: Mr. Minns and His Cousin Ken Theriot
00:28:04
Play 48 Tales 3: Sentiment Martin Clifton
00:28:10
Play 49 Tales 4: The Tuggses at Ramsgate Ruth Golding
01:00:01
Play 50 Tales 5: Horatio Sparkins Ruth Golding
00:47:38
Play 51 Tales 6: The Black Veil Simon Evers
00:27:48
Play 52 Tales 7: The Steam Excursion Ruth Golding
01:04:22
Play 53 Tales 8: The Great Winglebury Duel Ruth Golding
00:50:44
Play 54 Tales 9: Mrs. Joseph Porter Alison Aird
00:28:37
Play 55 Tales 10: Mrs. Watkins Tottle, Part 1 David Lazarus
00:32:01
Play 56 Tales 10: Mrs. Watkins Tottle, Part 2a David Lazarus
00:41:03
Play 57 Tales 10: Mrs. Watkins Tottle, Part 2b David Lazarus
00:14:38
Play 58 Tales 11: The Bloomsbury Christening nihilist00
00:36:32
Play 59 Tales 12: The Drunkard's Death Nicholas James Bridgewater
00:35:25