Sketches by Boz: Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Sketches by Boz: Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People, credited to Charles Dickens, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Sketches by Boz: Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People by Charles Dickens. For more information about the narrators, please visit http://librivox.org/sketches-by-boz-by-charles-dickens "Sketches by "Boz," Illustrative of Every-day Life and Every-day People (commonly known as Sketches by Boz) is a collection of short pieces published by Charles Dickens in 1836 accompanied by illustrations by George Cruikshank. The 56 sketches concern London scenes and people and are divided into four sections: "Our Parish", "Scenes", "Characters", and "Tales". The material in the first three of these sections is non-fiction. The last section comprises fictional stories. Originally, the sketches were published in various newspapers and periodicals from 1833-1836." (Summary from Wikipedia) M4B Audiobook Part 1 (237MB) M4B Audiobook Part 2 (368MB)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Sketches by Boz: Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People
• Author credits: Charles Dickens
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 59
• Listed recording duration: 21:57:42

Catalogue topics

• fiction
• short stories
• dickens
• boz

Opening tracks: first 24 of 59

1. 01 - Our Parish 1: The Beadle, the Parish Engine, the Schoolmaster — 15:13
2. 02 - Our Parish 2: The Curate, the Old Lady, the Half-Pay Captain — 16:45
3. 03 - Our Parish 3: The Four Sisters — 13:21
4. 04 - Our Parish 4: The Election for Beadle — 28:31
5. 05 - Our Parish 5: The Broker's Man — 23:26
6. 06 - Our Parish 6: The Ladies' Societies — 15:38
7. 07 - Our Parish 7: Our Next-Door Neighbor — 16:55
8. 08 - Scenes 1: The Streets, Morning — 13:47
9. 09 - Scenes 2: The Streets, Night — 13:46
10. 10 - Scenes 3: Shops and Their Tenants — 18:18
11. 11 - Scenes 4: Scotland-Yard — 18:51
12. 12 - Scenes 5: Seven Dials — 11:56
13. 13 - Scenes 6: Meditations in Monmouth-Street — 18:28
14. 14 - Scenes 7: Hackney-Coach Stands — 10:52
15. 15 - Scenes 8: Doctors' Commons — 15:05
16. 16 - Scenes 9: London Recreations — 13:42
17. 17 - Scenes 10: The River — 17:15
18. 18 - Scenes 11: Astley's — 17:41
19. 19 - Scenes 12: Greenwich Fair — 20:39
20. 20 - Scenes 13: Private Theatres — 16:20
21. 21 - Scenes 14: Vauxhall-Gardens, by Day — 13:20
22. 22 - Scenes 15: Early Coaches — 11:50
23. 23 - Scenes 16: Omnibuses — 10:24
24. 24 - Scenes 17: The Last Driver & the First Omnibus Cad — 24:50

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