Author(s): Dickens, Charles
Reader(s): Timson, David
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Non-Fiction
Period: Romantic
Catalogue No: NA0093
Barcode: 9781843796008
Release Date: 05/2012

DICKENS, C.: Selections from Sketches by Boz (Abridged)

Dickens’s renowned skill for keen social observation and, more specifically, his incredibly detailed knowledge of London and its theatres, prisons and inns, is perfectly realised in Sketches by Boz. Many of the themes he goes on to explore in his great novels are foreshadowed in this early collection of short accounts that centre on London and its inhabitants.

Tracklist

Disc 1
Dickens, Charles - Author
Timson, David (Reader)
1The Streets – Morning05:17
Timson, David (Reader)
2Another hour passes away…07:53
Timson, David (Reader)
3The Streets – Night05:30
Timson, David (Reader)
4It is nearly eleven o'clock…07:29
Timson, David (Reader)
5Meditations in Monmouth Street07:11
Timson, David (Reader)
6The next suit, smart but slovenly…04:15
Timson, David (Reader)
7We took a step or two further on…05:15
Timson, David (Reader)
8London Recreations06:10
Timson, David (Reader)
9On a summer's evening, when the large watering-pot…06:13
Timson, David (Reader)
10Greenwich Fair04:42
Timson, David (Reader)
11The chief place of resort in the daytime…04:53
Timson, David (Reader)
12Imagine yourself in an extremely dense crowd…05:43
Timson, David (Reader)
13The exhibitions next in popularity to these…05:28
Timson, David (Reader)
Disc 2
1The Pawnbroker's Shop06:34
Timson, David (Reader)
2At the present moment, this elegantly-attired individual…06:00
Timson, David (Reader)
3Here, as the woman has completely run herself…06:42
Timson, David (Reader)
4A Christmas Dinner06:00
Timson, David (Reader)
5When the church-party return to lunch…06:15
Timson, David (Reader)
6The Boarding House – Chapter 106:21
Timson, David (Reader)
7He always went out at ten o'clock in the morning…06:01
Timson, David (Reader)
8Mr. Calton, the remaining boarder, shortly afterwards…07:30
Timson, David (Reader)
9A pause ensued, before the table was replenished…04:21
Timson, David (Reader)
10We are not about to adopt the licence of novel-writers…05:22
Timson, David (Reader)
11Mr. Septimus Hicks looked up at the ceiling…05:03
Timson, David (Reader)
12'I say,' said Tibbs, shutting the door…05:29
Timson, David (Reader)
Disc 3
1The Boarding House – Chapter 205:29
Timson, David (Reader)
2'It's rather singular,' continued Mrs. Tibbs…05:12
Timson, David (Reader)
3The chattels of Mrs. Bloss were forwarded…05:04
Timson, David (Reader)
4Mr. John Evenson was in the receipt of an independent income…04:57
Timson, David (Reader)
5The room-door was suddenly thrown open…05:07
Timson, David (Reader)
6'Oh dear!' said the latter, 'I feel alarmingly faint…'04:04
Timson, David (Reader)
7One evening, the different inmates of the house…05:36
Timson, David (Reader)
8A titter followed this announcement…05:11
Timson, David (Reader)
9'The first thing to be done,' continued the Hibernian…04:48
Timson, David (Reader)
10'What's the matter!' shouted Gobler…04:25
Timson, David (Reader)
11The Tuggses at Ramsgate05:56
Timson, David (Reader)
12'We must certainly give up business,' said Miss Tuggs…05:16
Timson, David (Reader)
13'Walter, my dear,' said the black-eyed young lady…05:10
Timson, David (Reader)
14Resisting even the temptation of securing…05:24
Timson, David (Reader)
15If the pier had presented a scene of life and bustle…04:14
Timson, David (Reader)
Disc 4
1'What do you think of doing with yourself…'06:33
Timson, David (Reader)
2Great was the confusion of Mr. Cymon Tuggs…05:46
Timson, David (Reader)
3'Who's this?' inquired Mr. Cymon Tuggs…06:01
Timson, David (Reader)
4Enter the captain, Joseph Tuggs, Mrs. Tuggs, and Charlotta…04:35
Timson, David (Reader)
5The Bloomsbury Christening07:09
Timson, David (Reader)
6A day or two afterwards, as Dumps was perusing a morning paper…05:51
Timson, David (Reader)
7Dumps paused; he could not think of walking…05:29
Timson, David (Reader)
8The argument was irresistible: Dumps paid the disputed sixpence…06:11
Timson, David (Reader)
9Evening came – and so did Dumps's pumps…05:08
Timson, David (Reader)
10'Uncle,' said little Kitterbell, after Dumps had been introduced…05:25
Timson, David (Reader)
11'Hush! Hush!' said Mr. Kitterbell, rising and looking very important…05:34
Timson, David (Reader)

Total Playing Time: 04:47:12