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Enthusiastically-narrated edition of the famous orphan story.
Most people know the 1960s musical and/or a simplified version of the book from school. It's surprising just how much of the actual plot is unfamiliar when you first read this. Oliver, the eponymous 'hero' of Dickens' novel, is really a very minor part of the action, mostly there to move the action along and to be a stimulus for other characters with more interesting stories.
The heart of the story is, of course, the workhouse orphan's ...more
Most people know the 1960s musical and/or a simplified version of the book from school. It's surprising just how much of the actual plot is unfamiliar when you first read this. Oliver, the eponymous 'hero' of Dickens' novel, is really a very minor part of the action, mostly there to move the action along and to be a stimulus for other characters with more interesting stories.
The heart of the story is, of course, the workhouse orphan's ...more
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I initially had some difficulty getting into Oliver Twist. I'm not entirely sure why, although I suspect it probably has more to do with recent chaos at work than Dickens' writing. It is a very sad book - pretty much everything bad that could happen to young Oliver does, repeatedly. The poor kid can't catch a break. I was drawn in more once Mr. Brownlow entered the picture and the possibility that - just perhaps - something good might hap ...more
I initially had some difficulty getting into Oliver Twist. I'm not entirely sure why, although I suspect it probably has more to do with recent chaos at work than Dickens' writing. It is a very sad book - pretty much everything bad that could happen to young Oliver does, repeatedly. The poor kid can't catch a break. I was drawn in more once Mr. Brownlow entered the picture and the possibility that - just perhaps - something good might hap ...more
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