"Sketches by Boz" was Dicken's first book, published when he was 24 and written under his pen name. A mixture of reportage, observation, fancy and fiction, it centred on the doings of the city of London.

"Sketches by Boz" was Dicken's first book, published when he was 24 and written under his pen name. A mixture of reportage, observation, fancy and fiction, it centred on the doings of the city of London.