Oliver Twist (version 7)


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(4.8 stars; 37 reviews)

Orphan boy Oliver is forced into child labor at an early age, and after a simple plea for more food, finds himself alone in the streets of London, where ultimately he becomes the center of attention for a gang of pickpockets. - Summary by Brad "Hamlet" Filippone (15 hr 58 min)

Chapters

CHAPTER I TREATS OF THE PLACE WHERE OLIVER TWIST WAS BORN AND OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES ATTENDING HIS BIRTH 7:47 Read by Hamlet
CHAPTER II TREATS OF OLIVER TWIST'S GROWTH, EDUCATION, AND BOARD 24:09 Read by Hamlet
CHAPTER III RELATES HOW OLIVER TWIST WAS VERY NEAR GETTING A PLACE WHICH WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A SINECURE 18:31 Read by Hamlet
CHAPTER IV OLIVER, BEING OFFERED ANOTHER PLACE, MAKES HIS FIRST ENTRY INTO PUBLIC LIFE 15:17 Read by Hamlet
CHAPTER V OLIVER MINGLES WITH NEW ASSOCIATES. GOING TO A FUNERAL FOR THE FIRST TIME, HE FORMS AN UNFAVOURABLE NOTION OF HIS MASTER'S BUSINESS 23:39 Read by Hamlet
CHAPTER VI OLIVER, BEING GOADED BY THE TAUNTS OF NOAH, ROUSES INTO ACTION, AND RATHER ASTONISHES HIM 10:34 Read by Hamlet
CHAPTER VII OLIVER CONTINUES REFRACTORY 13:39 Read by Hamlet
CHAPTER VIII OLIVER WALKS TO LONDON. HE ENCOUNTERS ON THE ROAD A STRANGE SORT OF YOUNG GENTLEMAN 17:40 Read by Hamlet
CHAPTER IX CONTAINING FURTHER PARTICULARS CONCERNING THE PLEASANT OLD GENTLEMAN, AND HIS HOPEFUL PUPILS 14:12 Read by Hamlet
CHAPTER X OLIVER BECOMES BETTER ACQUAINTED WITH THE CHARACTERS OF HIS NEW ASSOCIATES; AND PURCHASES EXPERIENCE AT A HIGH PRICE. BEING A SHORT, BUT VERY IMPORTANT CHAPTER, IN THIS HISTORY 10:42 Read by Hamlet
CHAPTER XI TREATS OF MR. FANG THE POLICE MAGISTRATE; AND FURNISHES A SLIGHT SPECIMEN OF HIS MODE OF ADMINISTERING JUSTICE 15:31 Read by Hamlet
CHAPTER XII IN WHICH OLIVER IS TAKEN BETTER CARE OF THAN HE EVER WAS BEFORE. AND IN WHICH THE NARRATIVE REVERTS TO THE MERRY OLD GENTLEMAN AND HIS YOUTHFUL FRIENDS. 20:24 Read by Hamlet
CHAPTER XIII SOME NEW ACQUAINTANCES ARE INTRODUCED TO THE INTELLIGENT READER, CONNECTED WITH WHOM VARIOUS PLEASANT MATTERS ARE RELATED, APPERTAINING TO THIS HISTORY 16:39 Read by Hamlet
CHAPTER XIV COMPRISING FURTHER PARTICULARS OF OLIVER'S STAY AT MR. BROWNLOW'S, WITH THE REMARKABLE PREDICTION WHICH ONE MR. GRIMWIG UTTERED CONCERNING HIM, WHEN HE WENT OUT ON AN ERRAND 22:27 Read by Hamlet
CHAPTER XV SHOWING HOW VERY FOND OF OLIVER TWIST, THE MERRY OLD JEW AND MISS NANCY WERE 14:03 Read by Hamlet
CHAPTER XVI RELATES WHAT BECAME OF OLIVER TWIST, AFTER HE HAD BEEN CLAIMED BY NANCY 20:36 Read by Hamlet
CHAPTER XVII OLIVER'S DESTINY CONTINUING UNPROPITIOUS, BRINGS A GREAT MAN TO LONDON TO INJURE HIS REPUTATION 19:48 Read by Hamlet
CHAPTER XVIII HOW OLIVER PASSED HIS TIME IN THE IMPROVING SOCIETY OF HIS REPUTABLE FRIENDS 18:14 Read by Hamlet
CHAPTER XIX IN WHICH A NOTABLE PLAN IS DISCUSSED AND DETERMINED ON 20:30 Read by Hamlet
CHAPTER XX WHEREIN OLIVER IS DELIVERED OVER TO MR. WILLIAM SIKES 17:25 Read by Hamlet
CHAPTER XXI THE EXPEDITION 14:02 Read by Hamlet
CHAPTER XXII THE BURGLARY 15:06 Read by Hamlet
CHAPTER XXIII WHICH CONTAINS THE SUBSTANCE OF A PLEASANT CONVERSATION BETWEEN MR. BUMBLE AND A LADY; AND SHOWS THAT EVEN A BEADLE MAY BE SUSCEPTIBLE ON SOME POINTS 16:52 Read by Hamlet
CHAPTER XXIV TREATS ON A VERY POOR SUBJECT. BUT IS A SHORT ONE, AND MAY BE FOUND OF IMPORTANCE IN THIS HISTORY 13:25 Read by Hamlet
CHAPTER XXV WHEREIN THIS HISTORY REVERTS TO MR. FAGIN AND COMPANY 13:46 Read by Hamlet
CHAPTER XXVI IN WHICH A MYSTERIOUS CHARACTER APPEARS UPON THE SCENE; AND MANY THINGS, INSEPARABLE FROM THIS HISTORY, ARE DONE AND PERFORMED 27:22 Read by Hamlet
CHAPTER XXVII ATONES FOR THE UNPOLITENESS OF A FORMER CHAPTER; WHICH DESERTED A LADY, MOST UNCEREMONIOUSLY 16:51 Read by Hamlet
CHAPTER XXVIII LOOKS AFTER OLIVER, AND PROCEEDS WITH HIS ADVENTURES 20:10 Read by Hamlet
CHAPTER XXIX HAS AN INTRODUCTORY ACCOUNT OF THE INMATES OF THE HOUSE, TO WHICH OLIVER RESORTED 8:59 Read by Hamlet
CHAPTER XXX RELATES WHAT OLIVER'S NEW VISITORS THOUGHT OF HIM 15:24 Read by Hamlet
CHAPTER XXXI INVOLVES A CRITICAL POSITION 23:57 Read by Hamlet
CHAPTER XXXII OF THE HAPPY LIFE OLIVER BEGAN TO LEAD WITH HIS KIND FRIENDS 19:34 Read by Hamlet
CHAPTER XXXIII WHEREIN THE HAPPINESS OF OLIVER AND HIS FRIENDS, EXPERIENCES A SUDDEN CHECK 20:29 Read by Hamlet
CHAPTER XXXIV CONTAINS SOME INTRODUCTORY PARTICULARS RELATIVE TO A YOUNG GENTLEMAN WHO NOW ARRIVES UPON THE SCENE; AND A NEW ADVENTURE WHICH HAPPENED TO OLIVER 23:33 Read by Hamlet
CHAPTER XXXV CONTAINING THE UNSATISFACTORY RESULT OF OLIVER'S ADVENTURE; AND A CONVERSATION OF SOME IMPORTANCE BETWEEN HARRY MAYLIE AND ROSE 17:22 Read by Hamlet
CHAPTER XXXVI IS A VERY SHORT ONE, AND MAY APPEAR OF NO GREAT IMPORTANCE IN ITS PLACE, BUT IT SHOULD BE READ NOTWITHSTANDING, AS A SEQUEL TO THE LAST, AND A KEY TO ONE THAT WILL FOLLOW WHEN ITS TIME ARRIVES 6:11 Read by Hamlet
CHAPTER XXXVII IN WHICH THE READER MAY PERCEIVE A CONTRAST, NOT UNCOMMON IN MATRIMONIAL CASES 23:00 Read by Hamlet
CHAPTER XXXVIII CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF WHAT PASSED BETWEEN MR. AND MRS. BUMBLE, AND MR. MONKS, AT THEIR NOCTURNAL INTERVIEW 22:28 Read by Hamlet
CHAPTER XXXIX INTRODUCES SOME RESPECTABLE CHARACTERS WITH WHOM THE READER IS ALREADY ACQUAINTED, AND SHOWS HOW MONKS AND THE JEW LAID THEIR WORTHY HEADS TOGETHER 31:58 Read by Hamlet
CHAPTER XL A STRANGE INTERVIEW, WHICH IS A SEQUEL TO THE LAST CHAPTER 13:39 Read by Hamlet
CHAPTER XLI CONTAINING FRESH DISCOVERIES, AND SHOWING THAT SUPRISES, LIKE MISFORTUNES, SELDOM COME ALONE 21:50 Read by Hamlet
CHAPTER XLII AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE OF OLIVER'S, EXHIBITING DECIDED MARKS OF GENIUS, BECOMES A PUBLIC CHARACTER IN THE METROPOLIS 22:54 Read by Hamlet
CHAPTER XLIII WHEREIN IS SHOWN HOW THE ARTFUL DODGER GOT INTO TROUBLE 21:39 Read by Hamlet
CHAPTER XLIV THE TIME ARRIVES FOR NANCY TO REDEEM HER PLEDGE TO ROSE MAYLIE. SHE FAILS. 14:44 Read by Hamlet
CHAPTER XLV NOAH CLAYPOLE IS EMPLOYED BY FAGIN ON A SECRET MISSION 7:32 Read by Hamlet
CHAPTER XLVI THE APPOINTMENT KEPT 20:23 Read by Hamlet
CHAPTER XLVII FATAL CONSEQUENCES 15:44 Read by Hamlet
CHAPTER XLVIII THE FLIGHT OF SIKES 20:49 Read by Hamlet
CHAPTER XLIX MONKS AND MR. BROWNLOW AT LENGTH MEET. THEIR CONVERSATION, AND THE INTELLIGENCE THAT INTERRUPTS IT 21:25 Read by Hamlet
CHAPTER L THE PURSUIT AND ESCAPE 24:52 Read by Hamlet
CHAPTER LI AFFORDING AN EXPLANATION OF MORE MYSTERIES THAN ONE, AND COMPREHENDING A PROPOSAL OF MARRIAGE WITH NO WORD OF SETTLEMENT OR PIN-MONEY 29:04 Read by Hamlet
CHAPTER LII FAGIN'S LAST NIGHT ALIVE 20:55 Read by Hamlet
CHAPTER LIII AND LAST 10:21 Read by Hamlet

Reviews

A Tour de Force Narrative


(5 stars)

This is the second of Hamlet’s readings I’ve listened to, and like a wonderful story I’d find myself forgetting where I really was as I was transported to Dickensian London and traveled with Oliver from the hell of Fagin’s lair to the sanctuary of Mr. Brownlow’s. Hamlet’s range of voices made each character come to life, and it was a joy to lose myself in this extraordinary novel.

Excellent


(5 stars)

The recording is loud and clear. The reader does fabulous voices and the reading is engaging. I was very thankful to find this recording.

I finished a Dickens!


(4 stars)

Great narration, about the only way I can get through a Dickens novel šŸ˜Š

excellent narration! I don’t think I could have made it through the whole thing…


(5 stars)

My first Dickens book


(5 stars)

Hamlet is MVP:)

Oliver Twist (Version 7)


(5 stars)

It’s been awhile since I’ve read anything by Dickens. I made the mistake of reading a biography of him and was rather let down so I found it hard to separate the man from his work. This was an excellent book to get me back into it. I found the story itself very satisfying, and maybe not QUITE as heavy as some of his other works. The narration by Hamlet, as always, was perfection. I won’t listen to anyone else read Dickens. He keeps the story flowing, even with those run-on sentences Dickens seems rather fond of.