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Sketches of Young Gentlemen and Young Couples
with Sketches of Young Ladies by Edward Caswall
Charles Dickens
Paul Schlicke
256 pages
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18 black and white by Phiz
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196x129mm
978-0-19-960328-2
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Hardback
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10 November 2011
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- This delightful volume showcases two collections of little-known sketches by Charles Dickens, comic portraits of characters distinguished by Dickens's hallmark imaginative genius, and charmingly illustrated by Phiz.
- A unique edition, that includes Edward Caswall's Sketches of Young Ladies, whose publication prompted Dickens's riposte.
- The brevity of the sketches, their wit and humour, makes this the perfect foil to Dickens's major novels, and the perfect keepsake for his bicentenary.
- Introduced by Dickens scholar Paul Schlicke, who discusses the historical circumstances of the collections' first publication, the popularity of the sketch mode, and the special qualities of these examples.
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, witty and 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 his craft 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.Readership: All lovers of Dickens, anyone who enjoys Victorian literature and comic writing. Of interest too for the little-known, high-quality illustrations by Phiz.
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Charles Dickens Paul Schlicke, Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of AberdeenPaul Schlicke is editing the Clarendon edition of Sketches by Boz. For Oxford World's Classics he has introduced and annotated Hard Times and Nicholas Nickleby. He was President of the Dickens Society of America in 1994, President of the Dickens Fellowship 2003-5, and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Charles Dickens Museum, 2005-9.
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"This is an elegantly produced and beautifully presented volume ... Rarely published in any accessible format in the past hundred years, the Sketches are a welcome addition to the bicentenary output." - Times Literary Supplement "I've loved reading the Sketches - a delicious and illuminating part of the vast hidden forest of unknown Dickens, enchanting and surprising, and beautifully introduced by Dr Schlicke." - Simon Callow, CBE "The young Dickens at his most playful, writing anonymously and slyly observant of the manners and morals of the 1830s, when he was himself a young gentleman and one member of a young couple. Paul Schlicke's delightful edition includes the original Phiz illustrations." -
Claire Tomalin "So little known they qualify as "new Dickens", and as hugely enjoyable socio-economic writing from his most exuberant phase. Paul Schlicke is to be thanked for bringing them to our attention in his handsomely embellished volume." - John Sutherland, Emeritus Lord Nortcliffe Professor, UCL "A little gem." - Editor's Picks, The Bookseller
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Introduction
Sketches of Young Ladies
The Young Lady who Sings
The Busy Young Lady
The Romantic Young Lady
The Evangelical Young Lady
The Matter-of-Fact Young Lady
The Plain Young Lady
The Literary Young Lady
The Manly Young Lady
The Young Lady who is Engaged
The Stupid Young Lady
The Interesting Young Lady
The Petting Young Lady
The Natural Historian Young Lady
The Indirect Young Lady
The Hyperbolical Young Lady
The Whimsical Young Lady
The Abstemious Young Lady
The Sincere Young Lady
The Affirmative Young Lady
The Clever Young Lady
The Mysterious Young Lady
The Extremely Natural Young Lady
The Lazy Young Lady
The Young Lady from School
Conclusion
Sketches of Young Gentlemen
The Bashful Young Gentleman
The Out-and-Out Young Gentleman
The Very Friendly Young Gentleman
The Military Young Gentleman
The Political Young Gentleman
The Domestic Young Gentleman
The Censorious Young Gentleman
The Funny Young Gentleman
The Theatrical Young Gentleman
The Poetical Young Gentleman
The "Throwing-off" Young Gentleman
The Young Ladies' Young Gentleman
Conclusion
Sketches of Young Couples
The Young Couple
The Formal Couple
The Loving Couple
The Contradictory Couple
The Couple who Dote upon their Children
The Cool Couple
The Plausible Couple
The Nice Little Couple
The Egotistical Couple
The Couple who Coddle themselves
The Old Couple
Conclusion
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