Little Dorrit

By: Charles Dickens

Narrated by: Antony Ferguson

Length: 31 hrs and 48 mins

Publisher's summary

One of Charles Dickens's most personally resonant novels, Little Dorrit speaks across the centuries to the modern audience. Its depiction of shady financiers and banking collapses seems uncannily topical, as does Dickens's compassionate admiration for Amy Dorrit, the "child of the Marshalsea," as she struggles to hold her family together in the face of neglect, irresponsibility, and ruin. Intricate in its plotting, the novel also satirizes the cumbersome machinery of government. For Dickens, Little Dorrit marked a return to some of the most harrowing scenes of his childhood, with its graphic depiction of the trauma of the debtors' prison and its portrait of a world ignored by society. The novel explores not only the literal prison but also the figurative jails that characters build for themselves.

Public Domain (P)2011 Tantor

A very interesting book

I rather like this book because it stands out as one of the more relatable works of Charles Dickens to the American reader and listener. It was good and well read. I recommend it.

Dickens’ Greatest, Little Dorris

Only Hearts Full of Love can Truly Devote Themselves to Duty.
This is Dickens’ most satirical, scathing novel where he treats the evils of society and its scoundrels, considering themselves upright and deserving of everything they blindly seek, to his unerring microscope. It is also his most tender description of one who embodies humility, constancy and virtue. If the author was paid by the word, I hope the superbly talented narrator was paid very handsomely by the hour!

As usual

I like Charles Dickens. I don’t care what anybody says. A few more words so my review can be posted. Lol

Little Dorrit Revisited

Antony Ferguson’s reading of Dickens’s sprawling novel Little Dorrit is superb. He captures the voices of the myriad characters well, which helps considerably in in following an audiobook. Dickens’s convenient plot twists aside, the book is a sharp knife in the side of mid-19th Century English society. We’ll worth the time for a patient listener.

Just not a good narration

I’ve read most of Dickens and his work deserves the recognition as one of the greatest authors of all time. But some of the recordings of these tales on Audible are simply bad. This one is unlistenable. I mean, it’s probably better then your dad reading Dickens, but not much. Had to bail before the third chapter. Poor pacing, emphasis on the wrong words, awful attempt at different voices. It’s impossible to pay attention to the story. There’s a reason some of these same recordings are free and others cost a credit. If you want to listen to an enjoyable reading of a Dickens tale go for David Copperfield read by Richard Armitage - there’s a professional performance.