Oliver Twist: Retold for Younger Listeners

Written by Charles Dickens

Narrated by Jonathan Keeble

The subject of countless adaptations, Oliver Twist is an essential read, and this version is both exciting and accessible for children ages 8 – 13 years old. Roy McMillan uses Dickens’ original words in the main text, simplifying and clarifying them at certain points.

Oliver’s journey to London is narrated with ceaseless energy by Jonathan Keeble; his reading is infused with a delicious knack for storytelling.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks
• Release date: Jan 1, 2012
• ISBN: 9781843795889

Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens was born in 1812 and grew up in poverty. This experience influenced ‘Oliver Twist’, the second of his fourteen major novels, which first appeared in 1837. When he died in 1870, he was buried in Poets’ Corner in Westminster Abbey as an indication of his huge popularity as a novelist, which endures to this day.