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Sketches of Young Gentlemen
Charles Dickens
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THE VERY FRIENDLY YOUNG GENTLEMAN
We know—and all people know—so many specimens of this class, that in selecting the few heads our limits enable us to take from a great number, we have been induced to give the very friendly young gentleman the preference over many others, to whose claims upon a more cursory view of the question we had felt disposed to assign the priority.
The very friendly young gentleman is very friendly to everybody, but he attaches himself particularly to two, or at most to three families: regulating his choice by their dinners, their circle of acquaintance, or some other criterion in which he has an immediate interest. He is of any age between twenty and forty, unmarried of course, must be fond of children, and is expected to make himself generally useful if possible. Let us illustrate our meaning by an example, which is the shortest m. . . Read More
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Sketches of Young Gentlemen (1838) was a joking response to Rev. Edward Caswell, or “QUIZ’s” recent effort Sketches of Young Ladies (1838), which is referenced throughout Dickens's rejoinder especially in the dedication. These sketches showcase Dicken's insightful comic portraits of characters a
You can always trust Dickens to come up with sound characters. Here are a bunch of character types that people in his days would recognise. There is something familiar too for teh 21st century readers. Are they stereotypes? A little perhaps. But that is possibly partly the point. Whilst each descrip
Nonsuch Classics have been releasing a number of lesser known works from famous authors – its catalogue includes such names as Elizabeth Gaskell, John Galsworthy, Anthony Trollope, and a number of volumes from Charles Dickens: Sketches of Young Gentlemen and The Uncommerical Traveller being two.
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Young Gentlemen and Young Couples in the version I read it. It's essentially collected articles by Dickens rather than an intentional book and although it's towards the beginning of Dickens' ride to fame and fortune, I would guess for most readers it's a stop very much closer to the end of the trip