Sketches by Boz Part 1 Audiobook (Unabridged)

" It's taken me a while to learn how to read Dickens and get down with his rhythm (I'm still learning). I love his descriptions of every . . . little . . . thing. "

" This is a collection of the newspaper columns that first made Dickens a celebrity in the 1830s. There's a lot of very interesting (and satirically funny) observations of London life at the times, as well as some first tentative tries a storytellling. Worth a read for people interested in the era. "

" In these early works you can find hints of Dickens' later novels, characters, and themes. The wry humor is also reminiscent of Twain with a British rather than American dialect. "

" I found myself much less engaged by the sketches as I do a normal Dicken's plot. The lack of a named character to really grasp hold of and follow through a narrative was lacking for me. "

" A fascinating, insightful, sarcastically amusing look at life. "

" Great to sample how Dickens developed his talents for characterization and description. Wonderful to read during/after a week of tramping around "his" area in London--you'll know where he's talking about! "

" Finished it! Whewph! It took forever. It certainly wasn't his greatest work, but it did have a few gems in it. I did see a lot of his future characters in the making in this book, which was quite interesting. "

" Insightful, thought provoking, witty, cynical, classic Flanerie; you have to be in the mood for lengthy descriptions and minute details "

" It was good, and some parts were really good, but it's not up to his usual quality. Because he wrote it before he attained his usual quality, I guess. "

" Entertaining and well observed but sardonic social comment rather than the deeper moral questioning of, say, Great Expectations. "

" Read bits and pieces of it. Jolly good. Wonderfully warm and delightfully ludicrous at points...not a fan of his 'sad, dying children' sketches, but the others are excellent. Such inane, mundane people. So much fun. "

" So much fun to read these shorts! "

" read this in honor of Dicken's 200 year anniversary. of course not like his novels, but still full of his wit, characterization of common events and people to make them uncommonly interesting and funny (or sad) "

" I just couldn't finish this! No plot, no characters, no story to follow. These are literally sketches and I just couldn't get into them. I have loved everything I've read by Dickens, I love his flowery words and the flow of his novels but even his descriptions couldn't hold my attention! "

" It was a good book to be able to pick up and put down. At times it was slow, but overall a good read. Have to love Dickens! "

" Classic Dickens. In the public domain, with a free electronic copy here. "

" I found myself much less engaged by the sketches as I do a normal Dicken's plot. The lack of a named character to really grasp hold of and follow through a narrative was lacking for me. "

" It was a good book to be able to pick up and put down. At times it was slow, but overall a good read. Have to love Dickens! "

" It's taken me a while to learn how to read Dickens and get down with his rhythm (I'm still learning). I love his descriptions of every . . . little . . . thing. "

" Insightful, thought provoking, witty, cynical, classic Flanerie; you have to be in the mood for lengthy descriptions and minute details "

" It was good, and some parts were really good, but it's not up to his usual quality. Because he wrote it before he attained his usual quality, I guess. "

" Finished it! Whewph! It took forever. It certainly wasn't his greatest work, but it did have a few gems in it. I did see a lot of his future characters in the making in this book, which was quite interesting. "