Mudfog and Other Sketches (Esprios Classics)

Mudfog and Other Sketches (Esprios Classics) PDF Author: Charles Dickens
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ISBN: 9781714568215
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 86

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Book Description
The Mudfog Papers was written by Charles Dickens and published from 1837 to 1838 in the monthly literary journal Bentley's Miscellany, which he was then editing. The Mudfog Papers relates the proceedings of a fictional society, The Mudfog Society for the Advancement of Everything, a Pickwickian parody of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.

Mudfog and Other Sketches (Esprios Classics)

Mudfog and Other Sketches (Esprios Classics) PDF Author: Charles Dickens
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781714568215
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 86

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Book Description
The Mudfog Papers was written by Charles Dickens and published from 1837 to 1838 in the monthly literary journal Bentley's Miscellany, which he was then editing. The Mudfog Papers relates the proceedings of a fictional society, The Mudfog Society for the Advancement of Everything, a Pickwickian parody of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.

Mudfog and Other Sketches

Mudfog and Other Sketches PDF Author: Charles Dickens
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781502740274
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 90

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"[...]fine old Doric beauty, too, about the padlock and scraper, which is strictly in keeping with the general effect. In this room do the mayor and corporation of Mudfog assemble together in solemn council for the public weal. Seated on the massive wooden benches, which, with the table in the centre, form the only furniture of the whitewashed apartment, the sage men of Mudfog spend hour after hour in grave deliberation. Here they settle at what hour of the night the public-houses shall be closed, at what hour of the morning they shall be permitted to open, how soon it shall be lawful [...]".

Sketches by Boz

Sketches by Boz PDF Author: Boz
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Category : London (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 492

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Book Description
The original germ of the idea for these portraits in words, lies with one of Dicken's publishers who required a series of stories to accompany some sporting cartoons in their magazine. A key character in this series is Mr. Winkle, a character who perhaps developed beyond the intended bounds of the stories. In this series of sketches, readers can discern characters and situations in common with Dickens full-blown novels.