Sketches of Young Gentlemen and Young Couples

Following the phenomenal popularity of Sketches by Boz and The Pickwick Papers, Dickens produced two short volumes of Sketches of Young Gentlemen and Young Couples, in response to the appearance of Sketches of Young Ladies by ''Quiz''. Each volume purports to dissect the characteristics of familiar types such as ''The Bashful Young Gentleman'', ''The Literary Young Lady'', and ''The Couple who Cod...