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Dodger
- Narrated by: Steven Briggs
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
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Summary
Dodger is a tosher – a sewer scavenger living in the squalor of Dickensian London. Everyone who is nobody knows Dodger. Anyone who is anybody doesn’t.But when he rescues a young girl from a beating, suddenly everybody wants to know him.And Dodger’s tale of skulduggery, dark plans and even darker deeds begins
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- mollyeyre
- 07-11-12
Mr Pratchett NEVER fails
I loved this tale, it had a serious side as well as the Pratchett humour. The story was set in the first part of the reign of Queen Victoria, it cleverly included the characters of Charles Dickens and Henry Mayhew as a relevant part of the tale. I did really enjoy this, it was a departure from the normal stories of Terry Pratchett, - EXCELLENT!
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- L
- 12-10-15
Fantastic!
One of the best audiobooks I've listened too, well written, well narrated I would definitely recommend!
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- Hogfather
- 19-02-18
Comical and endearing
Would you listen to Dodger again? Why?
Yes - This takes a lot of characters I know and puts a spin on it.
If you’ve listened to books by Terry Pratchett before, how does this one compare?
I like this book, different from Sir Terry's Diskworld and better than the Long Earth stuff - I read all 5 and just felt I had wasted my time...
If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
A fun romp in the day in the life of a Tosher
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I like this book, different from Sir Terry's Diskworld and not as good, but better than the Long Earth stuff - I read all 5 and just felt I had wasted my time...
This takes a lot of characters I know and puts a spin on it.
Comical and endearing which Sir Terry had a knack for putting in all his books.
He takes the Artful Dodger and spins that Pratchett magic in and wallah - Dodger, a fun romp in the day in the life of a tosher...
I would recommend this book to anyone who like Terry Pratchett, Victorian adventures or even Oliver - see if you can spot all the characters...
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- Sue
- 23-12-12
Excellent
For a young persons book this combines 'historical' events with fiction in a way which is unnoticable and doesn't rule the story. I found this 'unputdownable'. A very enjoyable story.
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- Mrs S Crooke
- 24-12-12
entertaining
Full of historical characters which add to the fun I found this book very entertaining and up to the usual Pratchett standard. Excellent narration.
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- jpp
- 22-04-16
Dodger.
Pratchett's homage to Dickensian London. Funny, exciting and a thoroughly good story. Stephen Briggs narrates wonderfully as usual
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- tom t.
- 24-05-21
Wonderful semi historical fantasy.
Wonderful novel of the Victorian underbelly of London. Weaving historical and litratuary figures skillfully together.
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- Peter I
- 01-06-23
What an amazing story
A cheerful book. It’s got everything in it especially if you like stories from the Victorian era.
Amazing book.
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- Wolfy
- 29-07-14
A pretty good book...
What did you like most about Dodger?
A really good story with lots and lots of descriptions about everything. It was super funny and great fun to listen too.
Who was your favorite character and why?
Dodger was great, I like the name Doder and he's not afraid of anything, he has no fears and makes me feel brave when I think about him. I like that he is inspiring and really, really funny. The other characters were very funny as well.
What about Steven Briggs’s performance did you like?
I really like the way this guy puts the story out and I enjoyed the different voices of the different people in the story, this really made a good story a really good story.
Any additional comments?
This book did have a swear in it and that gave me a big shock, maybe it is only for children 7 and over and warn children about the swear so they are not taken back by it.
Overall a really good listen and a pretty good story.
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- Professors Too
- 31-03-15
Another Pratchett work of art
Such a wonderful book you can almost smell London while reading it.
Outside of discworld TP shines as usual. A must read as always
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