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fi Dickens ' s London th Many of Charles Dickens's stories and novels are in set in ] 9 century London . Dickens also wrote humorous 65 ^/ 5 about life London . 1 Read the description below and find three facts about London transportation . London Transportation in the 19 Century As the city of London grew and spread in the 1 800 s , the most efficient form of transportation was the omnibus . The omnibus was a horsedrawn carriage that picked up passengers along its route — much like buses of today . There were about 5 , 000 omnibuses in London around 1850 . The omnibus drivers , called cads , shouted out their destinations along the route . Their shouts , the trotting of horses and the rattling of the carriages made the London streets very noisy . 2 Look at the comic strip below , based on Dickens ' s humorous essay "Omnibuses — from Sketches by Boz , " which was published in 1834 . In the essay , one of the passengers is the narrator of the story . & Who are the different people on the omnibus ride ? $ What is humorous about the events described ?
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