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Sketches of Young Gentlemen and Young Couples
With Sketches of Young Ladies by Edward Caswall
Résumé
Following the phenomenal popularity of Sketches by Boz and The Pickwick Papers, Dickens produced two short volumes of Sketches of Young Gentlemen and Young Couples, in response to the appearance of Sketches of Young Ladies by 'Quiz'. Each volume purports to dissect the characteristics of familiar types such as 'The Bashful Young Gentleman', 'The Literary Young Lady', and 'The Couple who Coddle themselves'. Whimsical, satirical, wittyand exuberant, the sketches ridicule the behaviour of their subjects with perfect comic effect, rendering Mr Whiffler, Mrs Chopper and their companions instantly recognizable. They offer intriguing glimpses of courtship rituals and relations between the sexes at the outset of the Victorian era, and fascinating evidence of a writer learning hiscraft and refining his style.This edition includes the original illustrations by Phiz, and an introduction that examines the appeal of the sketch, a literary genre in which Dickens excelled throughout his career.
Détails de l'édition
- ISBN-13
- 9780199603282
- ISBN-10
- 0199603286
- EAN
- 9780199603282
- Éditeur
- Oxford University Press (Oxford)
- Date de publication
- 1 janvier 2012
- Langue
- en
- Pages
- 248
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
Provenance des données
- dimensions BnF Catalogue général · 23 juillet 2026
- language Google Books · 4 août 2026
- page_count Open Library · 2 août 2026
- publication_date BnF Catalogue général · 23 juillet 2026
- subtitle Google Books · 4 août 2026
- summary Google Books · 4 août 2026
- title Open Library · 2 août 2026