{"product_id":"9780140433456","title":"Sketches by Boz","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Dickens, Charles, Walder, Dennis, Cruikshank, George, Walder, Dennis, Walder, Dennis\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eClassic fiction (pre c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 26 October 1995 by Penguin Books Ltd (Penguin Classics) in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 688 pages\u003cbr\u003e199 x 131 x 30 | 470g\u003cp\u003e'Sets out the London of the 1830s before you, streets, people, pleasures, low life, prisons' Claire TomalinCharles Dickens's first published book, Sketches by Boz is a funny and touching collection of observation, fancy and fiction showing the London he knew in all its complexity - its streets, theatres, inns, pawnshops, law courts, prisons and, of course, the river Thames. His descriptions of everyday life and people seem to anticipate characters from his great novels - garrulous matrons, vulgar young clerks, Scrooge-like bachelors - while his powers of social critique shine in his unflinching depictions of the city's forgotten citizens, from child workers to prostitutes. This edition includes the original illustrations by George Cruikshank.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdited with an Introduction and Notes by Dennis Walder\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dickens, Charles, Walder, Dennis, Cruikshank, George, Walder, Dennis, Walder, Dennis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42536897315000,"sku":"9780140433456","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9780140433456.jpg?v=1734750306","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9780140433456","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}