Sketches by Boz（IV） 博茲札記（英文版）
SketchesbyBoz(1836)heraldedanexcitingnewvoiceinEnglishliterature.It'sthefirstpublishedbookofCharlesDickens.Thisrichlyvariedcollectionofobservation,fancyandfictionshowstheLondonheknewsointimatelyatitsbestandworst-itsstreets,theatres,inns,pawnshops,lawcourts,prisons,omnibusesandtheriverThames-inhonestandvisionarydescriptionsofeverydaylifeandpeople.Throughpenportraitsthatoftenanticipatecharactersfromhisgreatnovels,weseethecondemnedmaninhisprisoncell,garrulousmatrons,vulgaryoungclerksandScrooge-likebachelors,whileDickens'spowersforsocialcritiqueareneverfarfromthesurface,inunflinchingdepictionsofthevastmetropolis'sforgottencitizens,fromchildworkerstoprostitutes.Astartlingmixtureofhumourandpathos,theseSketchesrevealLondonaswonderfulterrainforanextraordinaryyoungwriter."Sketches"isaremarkableachievement,andlookstowardsDickens'sgiantnovelsinitsprofusionofcharacters,itsglimpsesofsurrealmodernityanditslimitlessfundofpathosandcomicinvention.
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