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“If the parks be "the lungs of London" we wonder what Greenwich Fair is--a periodical breaking out, we suppose--a sort of spring rash.”

Book:Sketches by Boz [i.e. Charles Dickens] ... With a frontispiece by George Cruikshank

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Sketches by Boz [i.e. Charles Dickens] ... With a frontispiece by George Cruikshank

This volume gathers observational essays and fictional sketches that capture the atmosphere of early nineteenth-century London. The pieces range from street scenes and character portraits to humorous anecdotes and social commentary, reflecting the author's emerging talent for depicting urban poverty, eccentric personalities, and everyday encounters. The work includes illustrations by George Cruikshank, whose detailed engravings complement the textual depictions of metropolitan life. The sketches first appeared in newspapers and magazines before being collected in book form, establishing the pseudonymous Boz as a distinctive voice in contemporary journalism and popular entertainment. more

Author

Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens, a British writer born on February 7, 1812, and died on June 9, 1870, is one of the greatest novelists of the 19th century. Known for his profound social criticism and vivid narrative style, Dickens' works extensively cover social reality, revealing various issues in the British society of the time. more

“A mob is usually a creature of very mysterious existence, particularly in a large city. Where it comes from, or whither it goes, few men can tell. Assembling and dispersing with equal suddenness, it is as difficult to follow to its various sources as the sea itself; nor does the parallel stop here, for the ocean is not more fickle and uncertain, more terrible when roused, more unreasonable or more cruel.”

Source: Charles Dickens's works. Charles Dickens ed. [18 vols. of a 21 vol. set. Wanting A child's history of England; Christmas stories; The mystery of Edwin Drood].

“Night, like a giant, fills the church, from pavement to roof, and holds dominion through the silent hours. Pale dawn again comes peeping through the windows: and, giving place to day, sees night withdraw into the vaults, and follows it, and drives it out, and hides among the dead.”

Giving Night Hours Church Window Silent Dawn Giants Pale Roof Dominion Spooky Pavement Vaults Peeping

Book:Works of Charles Dickens: Dombey and son

Source: Works of Charles Dickens: Dombey and son

“The wind's in the east. . . . I am always conscious of an uncomfortable sensation now and then when the wind is blowing in the east.”

Wind Conscious East Uncomfortable Sensations Now And Then

Author:Charles Dickens

“The wine-shops breed, in physical atmosphere of malaria and a moral pestilence of envy and vengeance, the men of crime and revolution.”

Men Moral Crime He Man Revolution Wine Envy Atmosphere Shops Vengeance Malaria Pestilence

Book:Household Words

Source: Household Words

“There is probably a smell of roasted chestnuts and other good comfortable things all the time, for we are telling Winter Stories - Ghost Stories, or more shame for us - round the Christmas fire; and we have never stirred, except to draw a little nearer to it.”