02108cam a22003253u 4500 912 UtSlPG 20260610133037.0 m cr n 260607r1997||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PR Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 Mudfog and Other Sketches Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 1997 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mudfog_Papers Release date is 1997-05-01 Public life of Mr. Tulrumble, once mayor of Mudfog -- Full report of the first meeting of the Mudfog Association for the Advancement of Everything -- Full report of the second meeting of the Mudfog Association for the Advancement of Everything -- The pantomime of life -- Some particulars concerning a lion -- Mr. Robert Bolton, the "gentleman connected with the press" -- Familiar epistle from a parent to a child aged two years and two months. Transcribed from the 1903 Chapman and Hall _Sketches by Boz_ edition by David Price "Mudfog and Other Sketches" by Charles Dickens is a collection of stories published from 1837 to 1838 in Bentley's Miscellany. The anthology centers on the fictional Mudfog Society for the Advancement of Everything, a satirical parody of Victorian learned societies. Set in the provincial town of Mudfog—based on Dickens's childhood home of Chatham—these pieces blend humor and social commentary through accounts of pompous meetings, theatrical reflections, and character sketches that lampoon the pretensions of scientific and literary circles. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/912 43031 43031