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A collection of excellent sketches (short stories) of Dickens' views of society around him. He was most certainly an outstanding observor and these little stories are warm.
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Plot & Themes

Tone of book?    -   upbeat Time/era of story    -   1600-1899 Poverty, surviving    -   Yes Kind of living:    -   general poverty story Internal struggle/realization?    -   Yes Struggle over    -   midlife crisis    -   vague finding self/purpose in life (i.e. no plot to book) Is this an adult or child's book?    -   Adult or Young Adult Book Loss of...    -   parents Brain/Body disability?    -   physical disability Pearls of wisdom from homeless?    -   Yes

Main Character

Gender    -   Male

Setting

How much descriptions of surroundings?    -   4 () Europe    -   Yes European country:    -   England/UK City?    -   Yes City:    -   London Farm/Ranch?    -   Yes Farm/Ranch:    -   farm    -   lot of descript of crop raising    -   lot of descript of animal care Small town?    -   Yes Small town people:    -   nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee    -   very gullible, like Gomer Pyle Misc setting    -   fancy mansion    -   prison

Writing Style

Amount of dialog    -   significantly more descript than dialog

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