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Author(s): Dickens, Charles
Reader(s): Lesser, Anton
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Classic Fiction
Period: Romantic
Catalogue No: NA425912
Barcode: 9789626342596
Release Date: 05/2002
DICKENS, C.: Oliver Twist (Abridged)
The eighth novel in Naxos AudioBooks’ series of the great works of Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist is Dickens’ second novel. Coming shortly after The Pickwick Papers, it is a thrilling study of childhood innocence thrust into the darkly comic world of Fagin, his apprentice the Artful Dodger and their gang of child thieves. Who will help the orphaned Oliver to escape from their clutches and discover his true history? The original story is even more powerful than the musical that popularised it. Anton Lesser reads with all his intensity and comic versatility.
Tracklist
Disc 1
Dickens, Charles - Author
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
|  | 1 | Treats of the place where Oliver Twist was born and of the circumstances attending his birth | 03:18 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
| | 2 | Treats of Oliver Twist's growth, education, and board | 10:45 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
| | 3 | Relates how Oliver Twist was very near getting a place which would not have been a sinecure | 06:18 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
| | 4 | Oliver, being offered another place, makes his first entry into public life | 04:52 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
| | 5 | Oliver mingles with a new associate - Noah Claypole | 02:07 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
| | 6 | Oliver, being goaded by the taunts of Noah, rouses into action, and rather astonishes him | 05:13 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
| | 7 | Oliver continues refractory | 04:21 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
| | 8 | Oliver walks to London. He encounters on the road a strange sort of young gentleman | 08:04 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
| | 9 | Containing further particulars concerning the pleasant old gentlman, and his hopeful pupils | 04:46 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
| | 10 | Oliver becomes better acquainted with the characters of his new associates | 03:48 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
| | 11 | Treats of Mr. Fang the police magistrate | 06:10 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
| | 12 | In which Oliver is taken better care of than he ever was before | 03:38 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
| | 13 | Some new acquaintances are introduced | 07:00 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
| | 14 | Comprising further particulars of Oliver's stay at Mr. Brownlow's | 06:22 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
Disc 2
| | 1 | Showing how very fond of Oliver Twist, the merry old Jew and Miss Nancy were | 02:18 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
| | 2 | Relates what became of Oliver Twist, after he had been claimed by Nancy | 04:01 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
| | 3 | Oliver's destiny continuing unpropitious, brings a great man to London to injure his reputation | 06:00 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
| | 4 | In which a notable plan is discussed and determined on | 05:15 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
| | 5 | Wherein Oliver is delivered over to Mr. William Sikes | 05:41 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
| | 6 | The Expedition | 04:39 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
| | 7 | The Burglary | 07:44 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
| | 8 | Which contains the substance of a pleasant conversation between Mr. Bumble and a lady | 05:59 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
| | 9 | Treats on a very poor subject. But is a short one, and may be found of importance in this history | 03:59 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
| | 10 | Wherein this history reverts to Mr. Fagin and company | 03:21 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
| | 11 | In which a mysterious character appears upon the scene | 06:02 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
| | 12 | Atones for the unpoliteness of a former chapter; which deserted a lady, most unceremoniously | 05:08 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
| | 13 | Looks after Oliver, and proceeds with his adventures | 03:54 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
| | 14 | Has an introductory account of the inmates of the house, to which Oliver resorted | 03:11 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
| | 15 | Relates what Oliver's new visitors thought of him | 07:01 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
Disc 3
| | 1 | Of the happy life Oliver began to lead with his kind friends | 04:41 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
| | 2 | Wherein the happiness of Oliver and his friends, experiences a sudden check | 06:58 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
| | 3 | Contains some introductory particulars relative to a young gentleman who now arrives upon the scene | 05:57 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
| | 4 | Containing the unsatisfactory result of Oliver's adventure | 04:54 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
| | 5 | In which the reader may perceive a contrast, not uncommon in matrimonial cases | 09:07 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
| | 6 | Containing an account of what passed between Mr. and Mrs. Bumble, and Mr. Monks | 07:57 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
| | 7 | In troduces some respectalbe characters with whom the reader is already acquainted | 09:06 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
| | 8 | A strange interview | 05:59 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
| | 9 | Containing fresh discoveries, and showing that suprises, like misfortunes, seldom come alone | 07:46 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
| | 10 | An old acquaintance of Oliver's, exhibiting decided marks of genius | 07:53 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
| | 11 | Wherein is shown how the Artful Dodger got into trouble | 02:45 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
Disc 4
| | 1 | The time arrives for Nancy to redeem her pledge to Rose Maylie. She fails | 01:38 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
| | 2 | Noah Claypole is employed by Fagin on a secret mission | 02:30 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
| | 3 | The appointment kept | 06:05 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
| | 4 | Fatal consequnces | 06:41 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
| | 5 | The flight of Sikes | 04:06 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
| | 6 | Monks and Mr. Brownlow at length meet | 08:53 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
| | 7 | "And now you do see me," said Monks, rising boldly | 04:20 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
| | 8 | The pursuit and escape | 10:01 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
| | 9 | Affording an explanation of more mysteries than one | 08:33 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
| | 10 | Mr. Brownlow merely nodded to Mr Grimwig... | 08:36 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
| | 11 | Fagin's last night alive | 08:18 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
| | 12 | And last | 03:10 |
Lesser, Anton (Reader)
Total Playing Time: 04:56:49