The Complete Novels of Charles Dickens: Part One

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The Complete Novels of Charles Dickens: Part One brings together Dickens' first six major works (including Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickleby, The Old Curiosity Shop, and many more), alongside A Christmas Carol and the other Christmas stories. This collection is seamlessly brought to life by a cast of award-winning narrators, including Juliet Stevenson, Jonathan Keeble, David Rintoul, Nicholas Boulton, Jason Isaacs, Matt Addis, and Ben Allen.
Dickens wrote into life some of the most beloved and well-known characters in the history of English literature, introducing us to Pip, Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Little Nell, Scrooge, Nicholas Nickleby, Miss Haversham, and many more who have lived in the imagination of generations of readers and listeners. In this definitive and beautifully curated collection, you discover not only Dickens's most loved classics but also hear a short introduction to his life and body of work from Dr Peter Orford: internationally renowned Dickens expert and the course director for the Charles Dickens Studies MA at the University of Buckingham.
The titles included in this collection, in order of appearance, are:

  • Foreword to the Collection by Dr Peter Orford
  • The Pickwick Papers, read by Matt Addis
  • Oliver Twist, read by David Rintoul
  • Nicholas Nickleby, read by David Rintoul
  • The Old Curiosity Shop, read by Juliet Stevenson
  • Barnaby Rudge, read by Nicholas Boulton
  • Martin Chuzzlewit, read by Ben Allen
  • A Christmas Carol, read by Jason Isaacs
  • The Chimes, read by David Rintoul
  • The Cricket on the Hearth, read by Jonathan Keeble
  • The Battle of Life, read by Jonathan Keeble
  • The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain, read by Jonathan Keeble

The Complete Novels of Charles Dickens: Part Two is also available now and includes Dickens' other 8 complete novels (including Great Expectations read by Stephen Fry, A Tale of Two Cities read by Miriam Margolyes, Our Mutual Friend read by Samuel West, and many more) alongisde his unfinished masterpiece, The Mystery of Edwin Drood.
Charles Dickens (1812 – 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime and, by the twentieth century, critics and scholars had recognized him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories are widely read, performed and adapted today.
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