Sketches By Boz

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How much is conveyed in those two short words - 'The Parish!' And with how many tales of distress and misery, of broken fortune and ruined hopes, too often of unrelieved wretchedness and successful knavery, are they associated! A poor man, with small earnings, and a large family, just manages to live on from hand to mouth, and to procure food from day to day; he has barely sufficient to satisfy the present cravings of nature, and can take no heed of the future.

subjects: Social life and customs,  Fiction,  Classic Literature,  British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author),  England, fiction,  London (england), fiction,  Fiction, historical, general,  Great britain, social life and customs, fiction,  Manners and customs,  Fiction, short stories (single author),  English literature,  English fiction

People: Charles Dickens (1812-1870)

Places: London (England),  England,  London

Times: 19th century