Sketches by Boz
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Sketches by Boz is an early collection of illustrative stories and sketches by Charles Dickens that helped establish his reputation as a writer.
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| Sketches by Boz canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: Sketches by Boz Context triple: [The Pickwick Papers, precededBy, Sketches by Boz]
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The Pickwick Papers
The Pickwick Papers is Charles Dickens's first novel, a comic episodic work following the misadventures of Samuel Pickwick and his fellow club members that helped establish Dickens's early fame.
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B.
The Honourable Schoolboy
The Honourable Schoolboy is a Cold War espionage novel by John le Carré that follows British intelligence officer Jerry Westerby on a complex mission in Southeast Asia as part of George Smiley’s campaign against the Soviet spy network.
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C.
Punch
Punch was a long-running British weekly magazine famous for its satirical cartoons and humorous commentary on politics and society.
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D.
Nicholas Nickleby
Nicholas Nickleby is a 2002 film adaptation of Charles Dickens's novel, following a young man who must protect his family from hardship and cruelty in 19th-century England.
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E.
The Twits
The Twits is a darkly comic children's book by Roald Dahl about a grotesque, spiteful couple who play cruel tricks on each other and are ultimately outwitted by the animals they abuse.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Sketches by Boz Target entity description: Sketches by Boz is an early collection of illustrative stories and sketches by Charles Dickens that helped establish his reputation as a writer.
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A.
The Pickwick Papers
The Pickwick Papers is Charles Dickens's first novel, a comic episodic work following the misadventures of Samuel Pickwick and his fellow club members that helped establish Dickens's early fame.
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B.
The Honourable Schoolboy
The Honourable Schoolboy is a Cold War espionage novel by John le Carré that follows British intelligence officer Jerry Westerby on a complex mission in Southeast Asia as part of George Smiley’s campaign against the Soviet spy network.
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C.
Punch
Punch was a long-running British weekly magazine famous for its satirical cartoons and humorous commentary on politics and society.
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D.
Nicholas Nickleby
Nicholas Nickleby is a 2002 film adaptation of Charles Dickens's novel, following a young man who must protect his family from hardship and cruelty in 19th-century England.
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E.
The Twits
The Twits is a darkly comic children's book by Roald Dahl about a grotesque, spiteful couple who play cruel tricks on each other and are ultimately outwitted by the animals they abuse.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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short story collection ⓘ |
| author | Charles Dickens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depicts | everyday life in 19th-century London ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | two volumes ⓘ |
| firstPublisherLocation | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Pickwick Papers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
fiction
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short stories ⓘ sketches ⓘ |
| hasCreatorPseudonym | Boz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasForm |
collection of short stories
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collection of sketches ⓘ |
| hasIllustrationsBy | George Cruikshank NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Characters
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Scenes ⓘ Tales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| helpedEstablishReputationOf | Charles Dickens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| illustrator | George Cruikshank NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Victorian literature ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early work of Charles Dickens
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vivid social observation ⓘ |
| originalAudience | Victorian readers ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| precededBy | none (first book by Charles Dickens) ⓘ |
| pseudonymOf | Charles Dickens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1836 ⓘ |
| publisher | John Macrone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| subjectMatter |
social conditions in 19th-century England
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urban life ⓘ |
| subtitle | Illustrative of Every-day Life and Every-day People NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Sketches by Boz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Sketches by Boz Description of subject: Sketches by Boz is an early collection of illustrative stories and sketches by Charles Dickens that helped establish his reputation as a writer.
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