{"product_id":"sketches-by-boz-5","title":"Sketches by Boz","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Sets out the London of the 1830s before you, streets, people, pleasures, low life, prisons' Claire Tomalin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharles Dickens's first published book, \u003ci\u003eSketches by Boz\u003c\/i\u003e is a funny and touching collection of observation, fancy and fiction showing the London he knew in all its complexity - its streets, theatres, inns, pawnshops, law courts, prisons and, of course, the river Thames. His descriptions of everyday life and people seem to anticipate characters from his great novels - garrulous matrons, vulgar young clerks, Scrooge-like bachelors - while his powers of social critique shine in his unflinching depictions of the city's forgotten citizens, from child workers to prostitutes. This edition includes the original illustrations by George Cruikshank.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdited with an Introduction and Notes by Dennis Walder\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54220768346456,"sku":"9780140433456","price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780140433456_b8653342-547c-4ffc-ae80-efde43223d2f.jpg?v=1777068064","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/sketches-by-boz-5","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}