Oliver Twist (version 5 Dramatic Reading): Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Oliver Twist (version 5 Dramatic Reading), credited to Charles Dickens, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Oliver Twist (version 5 Dramatic Reading) by Charles Dickens. Read in English by Peter Yearsley; Algy Pug; Beth Thomas; Kristin Gjerløw; Michele Eaton; Charlotte Duckett; Adam; Rachel; Willy; Maria Kasper; Rob Marland; KHand; Lydia; Esther ben Simonides; Ed Humpal; Adele de Pignerolles; Maggie Travers; Joseph Tabler; Doug Fajardo; Newgatenovelist; Hamlet; Zames Curran; Mike Justice; michaelcjohnson; Ashur Gharavi; Sonia; toadoftoadhall; Mike Harris; John Burlinson; Apneia; Deniel Sean; Dillon McFarlane; Miss Bocradera; clarinetcarrot; K. Adrian Stroet; David Purdy; Anna Vince; Paul Huxley; Leanne Yau; L. Dittmann; Tomas Peter; Aaron M. Lebowitz; BurgerChalet; Anton K.; Ananda; Elijah When orphaned Oliver Twist asks for more food, the workhouse board are horrified and immediately pack him off to work for an undertaker, who treats him badly. Oliver runs away and finds himself in the streets of London, where he meets the Artful Dodger and is lured into a gang of young pickpockets, led by the evil Fagin. Even amidst his horrible surroundings, Oliver escapes and finds his way into a loving home. But Fagin's gang are determined to steal him back to their life of crime, coming closer and closer . . . Dickens' classic tale of an orphan boy who has adventures with pickpockets and thieves, is here brought to life in a dramatised reading with a full cast! Scheming Fagin, cruel Bill Sykes and innocent Oliver tell their stories in their own voices, as dramatically as Dickens intended. Oliver Twist has been made into several movies and a musical, as the themes of social justice and the triumph of goodness over evil are perennially appealing.

Recording facts

• Recording title: Oliver Twist (version 5 Dramatic Reading)
• Author credits: Charles Dickens
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 54
• Listed recording duration: 15:39:18

Catalogue topics

• dickens
• thief
• London
• orphan
• criminals
• Fagin
• pickpocket
• oliver

Opening tracks: first 24 of 54

1. 00 - Cast of Characters — 5:42
2. 01 - Chapter 1 — 7:12
3. 02 - Chapter 2 — 23:39
4. 03 - Chapter 3 — 18:07
5. 04 - Chapter 4 — 16:19
6. 05 - Chapter 5 — 24:34
7. 06 - Chapter 6 — 10:49
8. 07 - Chapter 7 — 14:24
9. 08 - Chapter 8 — 17:17
10. 09 - Chapter 9 — 12:55
11. 10 - Chapter 10 — 10:23
12. 11 - Chapter 11 — 15:35
13. 12 - Chapter 12 — 20:21
14. 13 - Chapter 13 — 17:20
15. 14 - Chapter 14 — 24:08
16. 15 - Chapter 15 — 14:23
17. 16 - Chapter 16 — 19:37
18. 17 - Chapter 17 — 20:00
19. 18 - Chapter 18 — 16:08
20. 19 - Chapter 19 — 20:54
21. 20 - Chapter 20 — 16:07
22. 21 - Chapter 21 — 12:23
23. 22 - Chapter 22 — 14:46
24. 23 - Chapter 23 — 16:42

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