Sketches by Boz, Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People

Sketches by "e;Boz,"e; Illustrative of Every-day Life and Every-day People is a collection of short pieces Charles Dickens originally published in various newspapers and other periodicals between 1833 and 1836.

Charles Dickens's first published book, Sketches by Boz 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.

Dickens took the pseudonym from a nickname he had given his younger brother Augustus, whom he called "e;Moses"e; after a character in Oliver Goldsmith's the Vicar of Wakefield.

This, "e;being facetiously pronounced through the nose,"e; became "e;Boses"e;, which in turn was shortened to "e;Boz"e;.