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Martin Chuzzlewit
- The Audible Dickens Collection
- Narrado por: Derek Jacobi, William Boyd - introduction
- Duración: 41 h y 33 m
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Resumen del Editor
This exclusive recording of Martin Chuzzlewit starts with a unique introduction written and narrated by William Boyd, author of Any Human Heart and A Good Man in Africa.
First published in 1842, Martin Chuzzlewit is the last of Charles Dickens' picaresque novels. Despite poor sales at the time, Dickens considered it his best work, and it is now regarded as one of the most significant literary depictions of 19th-century America.
Horrified by the ongoing use of slavery in the self-professed 'land of the free', Dickens returned home after his first trip abroad with an extreme distaste for American laws and, equally, their frequent use of spitting tobacco. Dickens turned to his pen once again and created a story which satirically centres around the selfish and greedy Chuzzlewits.
About the book:
Deeply distressed at thought of his singularly money-minded family circling around his inevitable death bed, when Old Martin Chuzzlewit comes across a young and kindly orphan girl, he immediately decides to take her into his employment. Offering her a comfortable living in exchange for her care and protection, Martin rests easy in the knowledge that her comfort will last only as long as he does; upon his death, Mary the orphan will find herself on the cold and dirty streets from whence she came. To his great dismay, Old Martin's plan is foiled when his own grandson and main heir, Martin Chuzzlewit Junior, declares his undying love for Mary and his consequent intention to marry her.
This Audible Original dramatisation follows the Chuzzlewit household from this point on, as relationships are born and tested, old feuds are reignited and the ever-present vultures start to close in. A lesson in the dangers and consequences of looking only after number one, the narrative remains highly relevant to this day and is expertly narrated by Sir Derek Jacobi.
About the author:
With his father incarcerated, Charles Dickens had to abandon his studies at a young age and set to work in a factory so as to support himself. Despite his short-lived education, Dickens went on to write 15 novels, various articles, novellas and short stories. These include Hard Times, Bleak House, Oliver Twist, Barnaby Rudge, Little Dorrit and A Tale of Two Cities. He lectured and led campaigns for children's rights and education and arguably became the ultimate self-made man.
About the narrator:
Sir Derek Jacobi is an English actor and stage director, best known for his illustrious stage career and his appearance in films such as The Day of the Jackal, Gladiator, Gosford Park and, most recently, Murder on the Orient Express. He is the recipient of two Laurence Olivier Awards, a Tony Award and a Primetime Emmy, and in 1994 he was knighted.
Sir Derek has also recorded over 100 audiobooks, including Roald Dahl's George's Marvellous Medicine, Anthony Horowitz's Moriarty, and many works of classic fiction. A lifelong Dickens fan, Sir Derek is delighted to lend his dulcet tones to this recording of Martin Chuzzlewit as part of Audible's Definitive Dickens collection.
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This Audible Exclusive performance features a unique introduction written and narrated by Miriam Margolyes. Recognised as one of Dickens' most accomplished titles, Bleak House has impressed critics and audiences alike since it was first published in 1852. The novel boasts one of the most intelligent and engaging plots in all of English literature and is sure to engage the listener's imagination as it transports us back in time to the seedy, grimy and hazardous streets of Victorian London.
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The Best Audiobook Ever?
- De MattB en 01-17-19
De: Charles Dickens
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Martin Chuzzlewit
- De: Charles Dickens
- Narrado por: Sean Barrett
- Duración: 33 h y 33 m
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The Chuzzlewits are a family divided by money and selfishness; even young Martin, the eponymous hero, is arrogant and self-centred. He offends his grandfather by falling in love with the latter’s ward, Mary, and sets out to make his own fortune in life, travelling as far as America - which produces from Dickens a savage satire on a new world tainted with the vices of the old. Martin’s nature slowly changes through his bitter experience of life and his enduring love for Mary.
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It's worth the wait
- De Deborah en 04-18-11
De: Charles Dickens
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The Pickwick Papers
- The Audible Dickens Collection
- De: Charles Dickens, Neil Gaiman
- Narrado por: Rory Kinnear, Neil Gaiman
- Duración: 32 h y 27 m
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When Samuel Pickwick decides to establish and preside over a travelling society, he unknowingly brings together three of the oddest men in all of London: Tracy Tupman, the loveless self-professed ladies’ man, Augustus Snodgrass, the poet who’s never put pen to paper, and Nathaniel Winkle, the endlessly clumsy sportsman. The ‘Pickwickians’ set off in search of new adventures outside of the confines of the city. Along with a host of other colourful Dickensian characters such as Mr Pickwick’s love-struck landlady, Mrs Bardell, and his trusty sidekick, Sam Weller.
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Done with gusto
- De Tad Davis en 12-26-19
De: Charles Dickens, y otros
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Nicholas Nickleby
- De: Charles Dickens
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 31 h y 20 m
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The most gorgeously theatrical of all Dickens's novels, Nicholas Nickleby follows the delightful adventures of a hearty young hero in 19th-century England. Nicholas, a gentleman's son fallen upon hard times, must set out to make his way in the world. His journey is accompanied by some of the most swaggering scoundrels and unforgettable eccentrics in Dickens's pantheon.
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Amazing
- De Terie en 07-12-07
De: Charles Dickens
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Martin Chuzzlewit
- De: Charles Dickens
- Narrado por: Frederick Davidson
- Duración: 35 h y 36 m
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Wealthy and old, Martin Chuzzlewit, Sr. is surrounded by greedy relatives hoping to obtain a portion of his estate upon his death. Of his two descendants, born and bred in the same heritage of selfishness, one, Martin Jr., has the good fortune to transform, while the other, Jonas, does not and receives a fatal penalty.
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A favorite Dickens
- De Joseph en 07-09-08
De: Charles Dickens
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Great Expectations
- The Audible Dickens Collection
- De: Charles Dickens, Howard Jacobson
- Narrado por: Matt Lucas, Howard Jacobson
- Duración: 20 h y 39 m
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In this Audible Exclusive performance by Matt Lucas of Great Expectations, Charles Dickens demonstrates that conscience, loyalty and empathy are virtues far more valuable than intellect, wealth and social standing. First published in Dickens’ own periodical, All the Year Round, the novel was divided into nine monthly instalments, from December 1860 to August 1861. Unsurprisingly, it was an instant success and managed to sell over 100,000 copies per week. Though written at a challenging time in Dickens’ life, when the impending breakdown of his marriage loomed over him, Great Expectations proves to be one of his most optimistic, comical and romantic novels.
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SPOILER IN THE PREFACE
- De Jaimy en 07-30-19
De: Charles Dickens, y otros
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Our Mutual Friend
- The Audible Dickens Collection
- De: Charles Dickens, Lucinda Hawksley - introduction
- Narrado por: Meera Syal, Lucinda Hawksley - introduction
- Duración: 34 h y 57 m
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This definitive performance of Our Mutual Friend - Dickens' final completed novel - features expert narration by Meera Syal and an exclusive introduction. Full of both satire and social analysis, Our Mutual Friend looks at what could happen in Victorian England when a fortune passes to a working-class couple.
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Spectacular Performance
- De David P en 06-30-20
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David Copperfield
- De: Charles Dickens
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 33 h y 54 m
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Based in part on Dickens's own life, it is the story of a young man's journey from an unhappy and impoverished childhood to the discovery of his vocation as a successful novelist. Among its gloriously vivid cast of characters, he e.ncounters his tyrannical stepfather, Mr. Murdstone; his formidable aunt, Betsey Trotwood; the eternally humble yet treacherous Uriah Heep; the frivolous, enchanting Dora; and one of literature's great comic creations, the magnificently impecunious Mr. Micawber.
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"I am born."
- De Barbara K. en 05-21-09
De: Charles Dickens
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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
- De: Charles Dickens
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 30 h y 35 m
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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby is closely modelled on the 18h-century novels that Charles Dickens loved as a child, such as Robinson Crusoe, in which the fortunes of a hero shape the plot. The likeable young Nicholas, left penniless on the death of his father, sets off in search of better prospects.
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loved it much more than expected!
- De Blue Ridge Book Lover en 05-29-12
De: Charles Dickens
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Dombey and Son
- De: Charles Dickens
- Narrado por: David Timson
- Duración: 39 h y 6 m
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Dombey and Son is vintage Dickens and explores the classic themes of betrayal, cruelty and deceit. Dombey's dysfunctional relationships are painted against a backdrop of social unrest in industrialized London, which is populated by a host of fascinating and memorable secondary characters. The complete and unabridged novel is brought spectacularly to life by veteran reader David Timson.
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Utterly incredible!
- De Amazon Customer en 03-12-12
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The Cricket on the Hearth
- De: Charles Dickens
- Narrado por: Jim Dale
- Duración: 3 h y 37 m
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The holidays are upon us, and this year Audible is very happy to present to our members one of Charles Dickens’ most popular Christmas stories, The Cricket on the Hearth. This holiday classic (original subtitle: “A Fairy Tale of Home”) tells the innocent, picturesque, and charming story of a poor family and their would-be guardian angel; in short, a delightful vision of Victorian Christmas. As always, a great story calls for a great voice, so we’ve brought in legendary actor and record-breaking Audie and Grammy award-winning narrator Jim Dale ( The Night Circus). Happy holidays and happy listening!
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Last Paragraph Missing?
- De stingo en 01-01-16
De: Charles Dickens
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- OliviaL
- 03-24-22
Mr Dickens
Mr Dickens, bravo sir - as usual. And very well performed. I liked this. There are some things that recur in his books: there’s always an orphan, always a rich relative, always a villain. But while the events of the book revolved around old Martin Chuzzlewit’s actions, the book, in my opinion, was about Tom Pinch. You have to conclude that by the ending. Charles didn’t kill off a beloved character in this one, as he usually does. And Tom is much like Smikes from Nicholas Nickleby. He did not get his beloved in the end - but he did stay alive, and was the hero of the novel.
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- L. Leviton
- 08-26-22
Derek Jacobi is MAGNIFICENT!!!
Especially his rendition of Sarah Gamp is fantastically funny. So good at the voices. What a wonderful performance.
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- M. Brusa
- 11-30-22
Loved it.
Dickens at its sarcastic best.
Spectacular performance by Derek Jacobi.
I know readers and performers are a matter of taste, but I am not sorry to have chosen this performance.
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- Scott
- 01-06-24
Far from his best
Legend has it that Dickens thought Martin Chuzzlewitt was his best novel. He was wrong.
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- Skippy
- 04-07-24
Characters come alive
I keep listening to Dickens books, and each time I listen, I decide ‘that’s my favourite book’, but by far this has been my favourite. Very well read, all the characters come alive with the narrator. Recommended and will likely listen all over again.
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- Russ Anderson
- 04-21-22
A wonderful and rousing performance by Jacoby.
Much of the humor is lost to us today.Though Dickens Painted this story with high satire throughout, He has done so at the expense of creating very few likable characters. I would have been glad not to have been introduced to Mrs Gamp at all. The insufferable Pecksniff brought no joy and little levity to the story. l was quite stunned at the contempt which Dickens expressed toward America of the 1840s. There is so much better of dickens to enjoy that I would not recommend spend
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- Joan Traffas
- 10-20-23
Wonderful all around!
What a joy to have Derek Jacobi read this story one of Dickens’ best the characters are unforgettable his style of reading, and recitation of the text is beautiful, and the very highest level of theater.
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- R. A. Munger
- 12-10-23
Not my favorite
As I go through the great Dickens books via audible format, this one was the most difficult. I started one with a different reader and gave up; I couldn’t bear his accent/voice. Thankfully I tried this one and his performance made it a fine experience. The plot and theme were so relevant to modern times that I cringed through it. Not much of human nature seems to change.
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- Ricardo Avila
- 07-10-21
A great actor doesn't always = a great narrator
For as deadly dull as the first third of this book is, the rest of it pays off. Derek Jacobi is obviously a tremendous actor, skilled at voices and tone. But, often and frustratingly, he modifies his voice to whispers, shouts, bellows, and mumbles, so that it's actually hard to listen to his narration. It's like listening to classical music with its abrupt changes, except there it's not as important to hear every note. Lots of rewinding to turn up the volume and hear what was whispered, then hastily lowering it again as the voice returns to loud.
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- 05-11-23
Difficult listening
The reader did a reasonably good job of maintaining characters' voices but the volume and tone variations made it extremely difficult to hear the dialog for much of the performance. Too low a wisper made it so I had to increase the volume almost to its highest setting and almost instantly had to grasp the volume control to turn it down with the next words. This made the book one of the lest enjoyable I've listened to yet. The story itself is not one of Dickens' best for sure.
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