Robert L. Patten is Lynette S. Autrey Professor in Humanities at Rice University.

• Prologue; 1. Christening Boz (1812–1834): The Journalism Sketches; 2. Characterizing Boz (1834–1837): Sketches by Boz; 3. Writing Boz (1836–1837): The Pickwick Papers; 4. Hiring Boz (1837–1839): Bentley's Miscellany and Oliver Twist; 5. Paying Boz (1838–1839): Nicholas Nickleby; 6. Rewriting Boz (1839–1841): Master Humphrey's Clock and The Old Curiosity Shop; 7. Unwriting Boz (1841): Master Humphrey's Clock and Barnaby Rudge; Bibliography; Index.

'[A] fascinating, detailed study of the complex and revealing relationship between Dickens and Boz, his nom-de-plume - or more accurately, his alter ego - through the formative years of his career.' Morning Star

Robert L. Patten is Lynette S. Autrey Professor in Humanities at Rice University.

• Prologue; 1. Christening Boz (1812–1834): The Journalism Sketches; 2. Characterizing Boz (1834–1837): Sketches by Boz; 3. Writing Boz (1836–1837): The Pickwick Papers; 4. Hiring Boz (1837–1839): Bentley's Miscellany and Oliver Twist; 5. Paying Boz (1838–1839): Nicholas Nickleby; 6. Rewriting Boz (1839–1841): Master Humphrey's Clock and The Old Curiosity Shop; 7. Unwriting Boz (1841): Master Humphrey's Clock and Barnaby Rudge; Bibliography; Index.

'[A] fascinating, detailed study of the complex and revealing relationship between Dickens and Boz, his nom-de-plume - or more accurately, his alter ego - through the formative years of his career.' Morning Star

Robert L. Patten is Lynette S. Autrey Professor in Humanities at Rice University.

• Prologue; 1. Christening Boz (1812–1834): The Journalism Sketches; 2. Characterizing Boz (1834–1837): Sketches by Boz; 3. Writing Boz (1836–1837): The Pickwick Papers; 4. Hiring Boz (1837–1839): Bentley's Miscellany and Oliver Twist; 5. Paying Boz (1838–1839): Nicholas Nickleby; 6. Rewriting Boz (1839–1841): Master Humphrey's Clock and The Old Curiosity Shop; 7. Unwriting Boz (1841): Master Humphrey's Clock and Barnaby Rudge; Bibliography; Index.

'[A] fascinating, detailed study of the complex and revealing relationship between Dickens and Boz, his nom-de-plume - or more accurately, his alter ego - through the formative years of his career.' Morning Star