Audiobook

Tales From Dickens

The Old Curiosity Shop; Hard Times; A Tale of Two Cities; Oliver Twist; The Pickwick Papers. Have you read any or all of these famous Dickens stories? The author of this marvelous book, Rives Ermine, a highly successful author in her own right, simply wanted to retell the basic elements of some of Dickens best beloved novels and story lines. Now is your chance to revisit these stories and revive the memories of great reads. Of it you haven't gotten around to some of these classics, this would be a marvelous chance to listen to what they are about so you can enjoy them even more in the original later. The synopsis of each book by Dickens, broken into 3 or 4 sections, is read by a single LibriVox reader for a more consistent and understandable flow. As an added treat, the author's essay on Charles Dickens has been added as the last section of this audiobook. (summary by Phil Chenevert)

Year of Publication: 1905Genres: Literary Fiction

Running Time: 10 hours 38 minutes 47 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	The Old Curiosity Shop - Little Nell Highlandoaks	8:43
2	The Old Curiosity Shop - The Wanderers Highlandoaks	12:42
3	The Old Curiosity Shop - The Search Highlandoaks	14:38
4	Oliver Twist - How Oliver Came to London and What He Found There Annapurna	15:29
5	Oliver Twist - Oliver's Adventures Annapurna	12:55
6	Oliver Twist - How Everything Turned Out Right for Oliver in the End Annapurna	15:57
7	Barnaby Rudge - Barnaby's Boyhood Lee Smalley	8:17
8	Barnaby Rudge - The Mysterious Stranger and Who He Was Lee Smalley	8:49
9	Barnaby Rudge - Barnaby Gets Into Trouble Lee Smalley	9:02
10	Barnaby Rudge - Barnaby Prospers at Last Lee Smalley	10:38
11	David Copperfield - David's Early Ups and Downs Lynne T	15:23
12	David Copperfield - Little Em'ly Lynne T	7:58
13	David Copperfield - David and His Child-Wife Lynne T	6:50
14	David Copperfield - David Finds All Well at Last Lynne T	8:16
15	Great Expectations - Pip and the Convict Lee Smalley	10:23
16	Great Expectations - The Queer Miss Havisham Lee Smalley	12:23
17	Great Expectations - Pip Discovers His Benefactor Lee Smalley	8:36
18	Great Expectations - Pip Comes to Himself Lee Smalley	9:30
19	Nicholas Nickleby - Nicholas at Dotheboys Hall Arielle Lipshaw	8:06
20	Nicholas Nickleby - Nicholas Becomes an Actor Arielle Lipshaw	6:06
21	Nicholas Nickleby - Nicholas Comes to Kate's Rescue Arielle Lipshaw	5:30
22	Nicholas Nickleby - What Happened to Everybody Arielle Lipshaw	7:15
23	Dombey and Son - Little Paul ashleighjane	13:51
24	Dombey and Son - How Florence Lost Her Father ashleighjane	12:36
25	Dombey and Son - How Florence Reached a Refuge ashleighjane	5:52
26	Dombey and Son - How Florence Found Her Father at Last ashleighjane	9:44
27	The Pickwick Papers - The Pickwickians Begin Their Adventures. They Meet Mr. Alfred Jingle, and Winkle Is Involved in a Duel Ruth Golding	8:18
28	The Pickwick Papers - Tupman Has a Love-Affair With a Spinster, and the Pickwickians Find Out the Real Character of Jingle Ruth Golding	11:27
29	The Pickwick Papers - Mr. Pickwick Has an Interesting Scene With Mrs. Bardell, His Housekeeper. Further Pursuit of Jingle Leads to an Adventure at a Young Ladies' Boarding School Ruth Golding	10:16
30	The Pickwick Papers - Sam Weller Meets His Father, and the Pursuit of Jingle Is Continued. Mr. Pickwick Makes a Strange Call on a Middle-Aged Lady in Yellow Curl Papers Ruth Golding	6:13
31	The Pickwick Papers - The Pickwickians Find Themselves in the Grasp of the Law. The Final Exposure of Jingle, and a Christmas Merrymaking Ruth Golding	7:59
32	The Pickwick Papers - The Celebrated Case of Bardell Against Pickwick. Sergeant Buzfuz's Speech and an Unexpected Verdict Ruth Golding	8:18
33	The Pickwick Papers - Winkle Has an Exciting Adventure With Mr. Dowler, and With the Aid of Mr. Pickwick and Sam Weller Discovers the Whereabouts of Miss Arabella Allen Ruth Golding	10:33
34	The Pickwick Papers - Mr. Pickwick's Experiences in the Debtors' Prison, Where He Finds an Old Enemy and Heaps Coals of Fire on the Head of Mrs. Bardell Ruth Golding	7:42
35	The Pickwick Papers - Snodgrass Gets Into Difficulties, But Wins His Lady-Love. The Adventures of the Pickwickians Come to an End Ruth Golding	8:08
36	Little Dorritt - How Arthur Came Home from China Lee Smalley	7:48
37	Little Dorritt - The Child of the Marshalsea Lee Smalley	11:38
38	Little Dorritt - What Riches Brought to the Dorrits Lee Smalley	7:42
39	Little Dorritt - What Happened to Arthur Clennam Lee Smalley	6:51
40	Little Dorritt - "All's Well That Ends Well" Lee Smalley	10:33
41	Martin Chuzzlewit - How Martin Left England Patrick Wells	10:49
42	Martin Chuzzlewit - Pecksniff and Old Chuzzlewit Patrick Wells	7:57
43	Martin Chuzzlewit - Jonas Gets Rid of an Enemy Patrick Wells	7:35
44	Martin Chuzzlewit - What Came of Martin's Trip to America Patrick Wells	6:45
45	Martin Chuzzlewit - Old Chuzzlewit's Plot Succeeds Patrick Wells	6:00
46	Our Mutual Friend - What Happened to John Harmon Maria Therese	10:01
47	Our Mutual Friend - Lizzie Hexam and the Dolls' Dressmaker Maria Therese	6:41
48	Our Mutual Friend - The Rise and Fall of Silas Wegg Maria Therese	6:57
49	Our Mutual Friend - Bella and the Golden Dustman Maria Therese	7:27
50	Our Mutual Friend - The End of the Story Maria Therese	8:15
51	A Tale of Two Cities - How Lucie Found a Father JaySands	14:54
52	A Tale of Two Cities - Darnay Caught in the Net JaySands	12:33
53	A Tale of Two Cities - Sydney Carton's Sacrifice JaySands	10:08
54	Bleak House - The Court of Chancery Libby Gohn	10:14
55	Bleak House - Lady Dedlock's Secret Libby Gohn	12:19
56	Bleak House - Little Joe Plays a Part Libby Gohn	10:23
57	Bleak House - Esther Becomes the Mistress of Bleak House Libby Gohn	8:25
58	Hard Times - Mr. Gradgrind and His "System" Julia Wells	12:10
59	Hard Times - The Robbery of Bounderby's Bank Julia Wells	10:38
60	Hard Times - Harthouse's Plan Fails Julia Wells	8:33
61	Hard Times - Stephen's Return Julia Wells	9:45
62	The Mystery of Edwin Drood - John Jasper Libby Gohn	5:29
63	The Mystery of Edwin Drood - The Coming of Neville Landless Libby Gohn	7:18
64	The Mystery of Edwin Drood - The Choirmaster's Dinner Libby Gohn	7:46
65	The Mystery of Edwin Drood - Jasper Shows His Teeth Libby Gohn	8:58
66	Charles Dickens Samantha Miles	21:52