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Charles Dickens was one of the great chroniclers of London life. From the colourful chaos of dances and gin-shops to the sparse destitution of the pawnshop and the penitentiary, he captured the grime and the glory of the English capital with singular brilliance.
Orphans and beggars, lord mayors and murderers, actors, criminals, cab drivers and prostitutes; all rub shoulders in this wonderful selection from Sketches by Boz.
Chosen and introduced by the playwright J. B. Priestley, these thirteen marvellous sketches are accompanied by George Cruikshank’s evocative illustrations.
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A beautiful clothbound hardback gift edition of one of the world's
most beloved stories. I'm Death, and I make sure that everyone is
equal. From the land of fantastical castles, vast lakes and deep
forests, the Brothers Grimm collected a treasury of enchanting folk
and fairy stories full of giants and dwarfs, witches and
princesses, magical beasts and cunning children. From classics such
as 'The Frog-Prince' and 'Hansel and Grettel' to the delights of
'Ashputtel' or 'Old Sultan', all hold a timeless magic which has
enthralled children for centuries.
From the land of fantastical castles, vast lakes and deep forests,
the Brothers Grimm collected a treasury of enchanting folk and
fairy stories full of giants and dwarfs, witches and princesses,
magical beasts and cunning children. From classics such as 'The
Frog-Prince' and 'Hansel and Grettel' to the delights of
'Ashputtel' or 'Old Sultan', all hold a timeless magic which has
enthralled children for centuries.
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Sketches by Boz (Paperback, Revised)
Charles Dickens; Edited by Dennis Walder; Illustrated by George Cruikshank; Introduction by Dennis Walder; Notes by Dennis Walder
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Sketches by Boz collected a rich and strange mixture of reportage, observation, fancy and fiction centred on the metropolis. It was Dickens's first book, published when he was twenty-four, and in it we find him walking the London streets, in theatres, pawnshops, law-courts, prisons, along the Thames, and on the omnibus, missing nothing, recording and transforming urban and suburban life into new terrain for literature. Sketches is a remarkable achievement, and looks towards Dickens's giant novels in its profusion of characters, its glimpses of surreal modernity and its limitless fund of pathos and comic invention.
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