Sketches by Boz
Charles Dickens
Boz was Dickens’ writing name for his work in various newspapers. These sketches were written quite early on in his career, and as Gill doesn’t like the similarly-early Pickwick Papers she didn’t think she would enjoy this book. She heard a sketch on the radio and, expecting a let down, decided to read the book. Unexpectedly, the book was better than the radio version.
Reading the sketches is like journeying to a foreign land which you know a little about, and they are nicely written. Gill reserved the Hackney cab sketch for special praise, and said that some were still appropriate, and others quite sad (particularly those dealing with people working in London).
Recommended.
Gill 7/11/99
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