Our Mutual Friend, Version 3

Another gem

(5 stars)

KnittyNurse

Wonderfully read, as always, by Ms. Mil. Thank you for the care and time you take to bring all the characters to life in the most beautiful way.

Fantastic

(5 stars)

bup

Mil Nicholson's reading is excellent - I recommend her readings for any audiobook you can get your hands on. Really - she could be a pro (and is a professional actor, I think). One of Dickens' best. The vast interweaving of characters, each of whom seems to be both a stock type, but also as real as you or I, is a pleasure to watch unfold. Also satisfying is that under Dickens' divine machinations, everybody gets their just deserts. So it's kind of like a Jackie Chan movie, but with deeper characters and less kicking. One of my favorite librivox listens ever.

(5 stars)

Jeff G

I absolutely love Mil Nicholson ' s readings. moving onto her next one!

(5 stars)

A LibriVox Listener

This narrator has opened up a whole world of literature to me with her wonderful narration of Dickens' work. I'm slowly working my way through all her Dickens offerings. Her ability to distinguish between the characters is amazing. And hearing Dickens read aloud reminded me that he is funny as well as heartbreaking. There aren't many audiobooks that have moved me to tears, but the scenes with Betty Higden and Johnny did. Well done as always, Ms. Nicholson!

great ending. amazing characters that you cannot be indifferent to. you either …

(5 stars)

marie KERSAINT Demosthenes

i give GOD PRAISE for LIBRIVOX even when iPhone 📱 shows NO SERVICE LibriVox.org keeps going for a bit longer 👍💐🙏❤️👌i live alone in the country with no modern conveniences so FAMILYRADIO.ORG PILGRIMRADIO.COM 🤩the indomitable LIBRIVOX.ORG AND OFF COURSE GOD are deadly weapons against loneliness. i am forever smiling for no reason BUT GOD great ending. amazing characters that you cannot be indifferent to. you either love or hate i love CHARLES DICKENS’ 💐OUR MUTUAL FRIEND excellent reader MAGNIFICENT

Not to be missed

(5 stars)

St. Joshua

Do yourself a favour and download this. I've listened to several Audible versions but none hold a candle to this one. Mil Nicholson does a wonderful job with a very difficult book and manages to make it both enjoyable and entertaining. Thank you for such a huge effort and commitment. Five stars aren't quite sufficient so here are another couple. 🌟🌟

(5 stars)

A LibriVox Listener

Mil Nicholson does a brilliant job, once again, of capturing the great range of voices, the humor and the pathos of Dickens's writing. This is a rich and powerful novel, a bit disturbing in many of its themes but well crafted and full of wonderful characters. There's a lot of anti Semitism, but only on the part of certain characters; the author comes down clearly on the side of defending the dignity of his Jewish characters. I have the biggest complaint about the central relationship between John and Bella, since it involves such elaborate and long-term manipulation by him of her emotions. But where else can you meet a literary gentleman with a wooden leg, an articulator of bones, and a golden dust man?

(5 stars)

black cats of montford

As others have said, another great reading by Mil Nicholson. I agree with a previous reviewer who praised her excellent ability to give each character a distinct voice. She respects punctuation and provides clarity to clauses in Dickens’ long descriptive paragraphs. Both the content and her reading of the “Postscript in Lieu of a Preface” were very touching. As a great fan of Dickens, and one who has read most of his novels previously, I have turned to listening to them while I knit. Mil Nicholson’s narration of Dickens is such a treat, that I try to limit myself to 2 books a year in order to provide myself pleasant anticipation of more to come. 17 June 2023.