![]() ![]() I am reading them abridged classics right now every night and this one we just finished. ![]() ![]() " My kids loved it when I read this one to them. " Although it was great, I didn't really enjoy the story line as much as I usually do with most classics. Overall Performance: Narration Rating: Story Rating:.Oliver has such a kind heart, and given all the crap that he went through in life, it was so lovely to see him happy, loved, and well cared for in the end. "I think this is my favorite Dickens so far (although I did really like Little Dorrit, too). It features some of his most vital characters, from the diabolical Fagin to the murderous Bill Sikes and his mistress Nancy, whose love for Oliver is both her redemption and her downfall. This adaptation of Dickens' second novel is a moving tale of innocence and corruption. His subsequent rescue, by the kindly Mr Brownlow, is only the beginning of a series of adventures that lead him to an incredible discovery. A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Dickens' famous novel, starring Pam Ferris, Adjoa Andoh and Tim McInnerny with Edward Long as Oliver.īorn and brought up in the appalling deprivation of the workhouse, the orphaned Oliver escapes and heads for London, only to fall into the hands of the notorious Fagin and his gang of child thieves.īut Oliver is an innocent at heart, and the attempts by Fagin and the impudently witty Artful Dodger to teach him the tricks of the pick-pocket's trade lead only to his almost immediate capture. ![]()
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