Tales from Sketches by Boz

Written by Charles Dickens

Narrated by Roy Macready

Charles Dickens saw his fictional work in print for the first time in 1833 when he was only twenty-one. It was a story called “Mr Minns and his Cousin” and was published in the Morning Chronicle. He wrote more tales and sketches for newspapers and magazines which were collected and published in book form in two series in 1836 as “Sketches by Boz”.

Here are nine of them:

• "Horatio Sparkins"
• "Mr. Minns and his Cousin"
• "The Great Winglebury Duel"
• "Mrs. Joseph Porter"
• "The Bloomsbury Christening"
• "Miss Evans and the Eagle"
• "Sentiment"
• "Thoughts about People"
• "Shabby-genteel People"

Public Domain (P)2016 Spiders' House Audio/Roy Macready

• Language: English
• Publisher: Big Happy Family
• Release date: Apr 18, 2016
• ISBN: 9781509461141

Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was an English writer and social critic. Regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era, Dickens had a prolific collection of works including fifteen novels, five novellas, and hundreds of short stories and articles. The term “cliffhanger endings” was created because of his practice of ending his serial short stories with drama and suspense. Dickens’ political and social beliefs heavily shaped his literary work. He argued against capitalist beliefs, and advocated for children’s rights, education, and other social reforms. Dickens advocacy for such causes is apparent in his empathetic portrayal of lower classes in his famous works, such as The Christmas Carol and Hard Times.