Oliver Twist (Unabridged) by Charles Dickens

Summary from the publisher of Oliver Twist (Unabridged audiobooks)

Young Oliver Twist, an orphan, runs away to London and falls in with Fagin and his band of child pickpockets, including the Artful Dodger, and suffers through abject poverty before discovering his true heritage and destiny. Charles Dickens' classic novel is more than an entertaining story, it was a cry for social reform as it followed Oliver through the poverty and criminal underworld of 19th-century London. (Recorded Books, Inc. 1987)

Oliver Twist (Unabridged) by Charles Dickens

Summary from the publisher of Oliver Twist (Unabridged audiobooks)

With the publication of this fiercely comic second novel, Charles Dickens's eminent literary reputation was firmly established. Oliver Twist was, according to Edgar Johnson, "a clarion peal announcing to the world that in Charles Dickens the rejected and forgotten and misused of the world had a champion." Set against London's seedy back street slums, Oliver Twist is the story of a workhouse orphan captured and thrust into a den of thieves, where some of Dickens's most infernal villains preside: the impudent Artful Dodger, the barbarous bully Bill Sikes, and the odious Jew Fagin. Yet the unsullied goodness of the orphan Oliver presents allegorically Dickens's belief in the principle of Good surviving in every adverse circumstance, and triumphing at last. (Blackstone Audiobooks 1995)

Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

Summary from the publisher of Oliver Twist (Abridged audiobooks)

The story of the orphan Oliver, who runs away from the workhouse only to be taken in by a den of thieves, shocked readers when it was first published. Dickens's tale of childhood innocence beset by evil depicts the dark criminal underworld of a London peopled by vivid and memorable characters: the arch-villain Fagin, the artful Dodger, the menacing Bill Sykes, and the prostitute Nancy. Oliver Twist is scathing in its indictment of a cruel society, and pervaded by an unforgettable sense of threat and mystery. (Penguin Books Ltd 1995/2003)

Oliver Twist (Dramatized) by Charles Dickens

Summary from the publisher of Oliver Twist (Abridged Dramatization)

Orphaned and alone in turn-of-the-century London, a boy falls in with a gang of young thieves, befriending their leader, the colorful Artful Dodger, and goes to work for the villainous Fagin. Life on the street hurls Oliver into a danger-filled adventure as he learns the ways of the hard world, while clinging to the dream of warm bed, a loving family, and a home.

Performed by the St. Charles Players in exciting Radio Theatre style! (Monterey Media Inc. 1999)