Oliver Twist
Charles Dickens
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“It is because I think so much of warm and sensitive hearts, that I would spare them from being wounded.”
Orphan Oliver Twist is born into the grimmest of 19th century English workhouses and had little but a life of grinding poverty ahead of him. But he’s a fighter and after being evicted from the workhouse for asking for 'more' and surviving a stint as an undertaker’s assistant, he hopes to change his circumstances so walks to London where he meets Artful Dodger, a member of a pickpocketing gang, and their leader, Fagin.
Oliver throws himself into a life of petty crime but things change again and soon he finds himself in the home of the wealthy Mr. Brownlow. Yet even there he isn’t safe from Fagin and his dangerous colleague Bill Sykes…
Full of twists and turns, this vivid, loved story moves towards a dramatic climax where forces threaten the love and belonging Oliver craves.
Duration - 17h 5m.
Author - Charles Dickens.
Narrator - Theo Solomon.
Published Date - Tuesday, 30 January 2024.
Copyright - © 0 Public Domain ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
This audiobook is based on literature that was written in a past cultural or historical context, and includes language and depictions of people or cultures that are considered offensive to listeners. Please keep this in mind when deciding if, how and when you’ll listen. “It is because I think so much of warm and sensitive hearts, that I would spare them from being wounded.” Orphan Oliver Twist is born into the grimmest of 19th century English workhouses and had little but a life of grinding poverty ahead of him. But he’s a fighter and after being evicted from the workhouse for asking for 'more' and surviving a stint as an undertaker’s assistant, he hopes to change his circumstances so walks to London where he meets Artful Dodger, a member of a pickpocketing gang, and their leader, Fagin. Oliver throws himself into a life of petty crime but things change again and soon he finds himself in the home of the wealthy Mr. Brownlow. Yet even there he isn’t safe from Fagin and his dangerous colleague Bill Sykes… Full of twists and turns, this vivid, loved story moves towards a dramatic climax where forces threaten the love and belonging Oliver craves. Duration - 17h 5m. Author - Charles Dickens. Narrator - Theo Solomon. Published Date - Tuesday, 30 January 2024. Copyright - © 0 Public Domain ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:12
Chapter 1 - TREATS OF THE PLACE WHERE OLIVER TWIST WAS BORN AND OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES ATTENDING HIS BIRTH
Duration:00:07:21
Chapter 2 - TREATS OF OLIVER TWIST’S GROWTH, EDUCATION, AND BOARD
Duration:00:25:58
Chapter 3 - RELATES HOW OLIVER TWIST WAS VERY NEAR GETTING A PLACE WHICH WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A SINECURE
Duration:00:21:16
Chapter 4 - OLIVER, BEING OFFERED ANOTHER PLACE, MAKES HIS FIRST ENTRY INTO PUBLIC LIFE
Duration:00:17:33
Chapter 5 - OLIVER MINGLES WITH NEW ASSOCIATES. GOING TO A FUNERAL FOR THE FIRST TIME, HE FORMS AN UNFAVOURABLE NOTION OF HIS MASTER’S BUSINESS
Duration:00:26:40
Chapter 6 - OLIVER, BEING GOADED BY THE TAUNTS OF NOAH, ROUSES INTO ACTION, AND RATHER ASTONISHES HIM
Duration:00:11:49
Chapter 7 - OLIVER CONTINUES REFRACTORY
Duration:00:15:43
Chapter 8 - OLIVER WALKS TO LONDON. HE ENCOUNTERS ON THE ROAD A STRANGE SORT OF YOUNG GENTLEMAN
Duration:00:20:53
Chapter 9 - CONTAINING FURTHER PARTICULARS CONCERNING THE PLEASANT OLD GENTLEMAN, AND HIS HOPEFUL PUPILS
Duration:00:14:56
Chapter 10 - 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
Duration:00:12:12
Chapter 11 - TREATS OF MR. FANG THE POLICE MAGISTRATE; AND FURNISHES A SLIGHT SPECIMEN OF HIS MODE OF ADMINISTERING JUSTICE
Duration:00:18:34
Chapter 12 - 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.
Duration:00:23:16
Chapter 13 - SOME NEW ACQUAINTANCES ARE INTRODUCED TO THE INTELLIGENT READER, CONNECTED WITH WHOM VARIOUS PLEASANT MATTERS ARE RELATED, APPERTAINING TO THIS HISTORY
Duration:00:19:24
Chapter 14 - COMPRISING FURTHER PARTICULARS OF OLIVER’S STAY AT MR. BROWNLOW’S, WITH THE EMARKABLE PREDICTION WHICH ONE MR. GRIMWIG UTTERED CONCERNING HIM, WHEN HE WENT OUT ON AN ERRAND
Duration:00:25:54
Chapter 15 - SHOWING HOW VERY FOND OF OLIVER TWIST, THE MERRY OLD JEW AND MISS NANCY WERE
Duration:00:15:17
Chapter 16 - RELATES WHAT BECAME OF OLIVER TWIST, AFTER HE HAD BEEN CLAIMED BY NANCY
Duration:00:23:32
Chapter 17 - OLIVER’S DESTINY CONTINUING UNPROPITIOUS, BRINGS A GREAT MAN TO LONDON TO NJURE HIS REPUTATION
Duration:00:21:35
Chapter 18 - HOW OLIVER PASSED HIS TIME IN THE IMPROVING SOCIETY OF HIS REPUTABLE FRIENDS
Duration:00:18:52
Chapter 19 - IN WHICH A NOTABLE PLAN IS DISCUSSED AND DETERMINED ON
Duration:00:21:59
Chapter 20 - WHEREIN OLIVER IS DELIVERED OVER TO MR. WILLIAM SIKES
Duration:00:18:38
Chapter 21 - THE EXPEDITION
Duration:00:13:58
Chapter 22 - THE BURGLARY
Duration:00:16:43
Chapter 23 - 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
Duration:00:18:24
Chapter 24 - TREATS ON A VERY POOR SUBJECT. BUT IS A SHORT ONE, AND MAY BE FOUND OF IMPORTANCE IN THIS HISTORY
Duration:00:13:16
Chapter 25 - WHEREIN THIS HISTORY REVERTS TO MR. FAGIN AND COMPANY
Duration:00:15:25
Chapter 26 - IN WHICH A MYSTERIOUS CHARACTER APPEARS UPON THE SCENE; AND MANY THINGS, INSEPARABLE FROM THIS HISTORY, ARE DONE AND PERFORMED
Duration:00:29:41
Chapter 27 - ATONES FOR THE UNPOLITENESS OF A FORMER CHAPTER; WHICH DESERTED A LADY, MOST UNCEREMONIOUSLY
Duration:00:17:35
Chapter 28 - LOOKS AFTER OLIVER, AND PROCEEDS WITH HIS ADVENTURES
Duration:00:22:03
Chapter 29 - HAS AN INTRODUCTORY ACCOUNT OF THE INMATES OF THE HOUSE, TO WHICH OLIVER ESORTED
Duration:00:09:01
Chapter 30 - RELATES WHAT OLIVER’S NEW VISITORS THOUGHT OF HIM
Duration:00:14:47
Chapter 31 - INVOLVES A CRITICAL POSITION
Duration:00:24:25
Chapter 32 - OF THE HAPPY LIFE OLIVER BEGAN TO LEAD WITH HIS KIND FRIENDS
Duration:00:20:51
Chapter 33 - WHEREIN THE HAPPINESS OF OLIVER AND HIS FRIENDS, EXPERIENCES A SUDDEN CHECK
Duration:00:21:07
Chapter 34 - CONTAINS SOME INTRODUCTORY PARTICULARS RELATIVE TO A YOUNG GENTLEMAN WHO NOW ARRIVES UPON THE CENE; AND A NEW ADVENTURE WHICH APPENED TO OLIVER
Duration:00:23:46
Chapter 35 - CONTAINING THE UNSATISFACTORY RESULT OF OLIVER’S ADVENTURE; AND A ONVERSATION OF SOME IMPORTANCE BETWEEN HARRY MAYLIE AND ROSE
Duration:00:18:45
Chapter 36 - 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
Duration:00:06:17
Chapter 37 - IN WHICH THE READER MAY PERCEIVE A CONTRAST, NOT UNCOMMON IN MATRIMONIAL CASES
Duration:00:24:13
Chapter 38 - CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF WHAT PASSED BETWEEN MR. AND MRS. BUMBLE, AND MR. MONKS, AT THEIR NOCTURNAL INTERVIEW
Duration:00:22:59
Chapter 39 - INTRODUCES SOME RESPECTABLE CHARACTERS WITH WHOM THE READER IS LREADY ACQUAINTED, AND SHOWS HOW MONKS AND THE JEW LAID THEIR WORTHY EADS TOGETHER
Duration:00:33:22
Chapter 40 - A STRANGE INTERVIEW, WHICH IS A SEQUEL TO THE LAST CHAMBER
Duration:00:15:54
Chapter 41 - CONTAINING FRESH DISCOVERIES, AND SHOWING THAT SUPRISES, LIKE MISFORTUNES, ELDOM COME ALONE
Duration:00:22:34
Chapter 42 - AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE OF OLIVER’S, EXHIBITING DECIDED MARKS OF GENIUS, BECOMES A PUBLIC CHARACTER IN THE METROPOLIS
Duration:00:23:20
Chapter 43 - WHEREIN IS SHOWN HOW THE ARTFUL DODGER GOT INTO TROUBLE
Duration:00:23:34
Chapter 44 - THE TIME ARRIVES FOR NANCY TO REDEEM HER PLEDGE TO ROSE MAYLIE. SHE FAILS
Duration:00:14:39
Chapter 45 - NOAH CLAYPOLE IS EMPLOYED BY FAGIN ON A SECRET MISSION
Duration:00:07:46
Chapter 46 - THE APPOINTMENT KEPT
Duration:00:21:45
Chapter 47 - FATAL CONSEQUENCES
Duration:00:16:33
Chapter 48 - THE FLIGHT OF THE SIKES
Duration:00:20:54
Chapter 49 - MONKS AND MR. BROWNLOW AT LENGTH MEET. THEIR CONVERSATION, AND THE INTELLIGENCE THAT INTERRUPTS IT
Duration:00:22:47
Chapter 50 - THE PURSUIT AND ESCAPE
Duration:00:25:12
Chapter 51 - AFFORDING AN EXPLANATION OF MORE MYSTERIES THAN ONE, AND COMPREHENDING A ROPOSAL OF MARRIAGE WITH NO WORD OF SETTLEMENT OR PIN-MONEY
Duration:00:29:40
Chapter 52 - FAGIN’S LAST NIGHT ALIVE
Duration:00:21:53
Chapter 53 - AND LAST
Duration:00:10:17
Closing Credits
Duration:00:00:33