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Our Mutual Friend

The Audible Dickens Collection

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Our Mutual Friend

Yazan: Charles Dickens, Lucinda Hawksley - introduction
Seslendiren: Meera Syal, Lucinda Hawksley - introduction
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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 written and read by Lucinda Hawksley, great-great-great-granddaughter of Charles Dickens. Hawksley is a biographer, author and lecturer whose wealth of knowledge on Dickens is both research-led and personal. She introduces us to the themes in Our Mutual Friend and tells us how they connect to the life of Dickens himself.

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. The audiobook will enchant the listener with its larger-than-life characters, its poignant depiction of social injustice and the singular seed of hope with which Dickens hints at the possibility of a better tomorrow.

About the author

Having experienced the incarceration of his father, 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. He lectured and led campaigns for children's rights and education and arguably became the ultimate self-made man.

About the narrator

Comedian, writer and actor Meera Syal rose to prominence as one of the creators of comedy sketch show Goodness Gracious Me and cemented herself as a household name in the UK portraying Sanjeev's grandmother, Ummi, in The Kumars at No. 42.

Multitalented Syal has penned novels, scripts and screenplays as well as lending her vocals to various songs and albums. Here she uses her voice to tell our Dickensian story with all the mastery you would expect from this talented performer.

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İngiliz komedyen ve Our Mutual Friend seslendiricisi, Dickens’ın tamamladığı son romanı hakkındaki düşüncelerini paylaşıyor.
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Not sure whether I just got a dud copy but it had numerous instances of repetition of the narration which seemed to be where Ms Syal had done a second take on a passage but the original one wasn't edited out.

Otherwise, I quite enjoy the narration - not being English I can't join the debate about how good or otherwise the accents were - some struck me as being more northern than London but given the wide range of characters I guessed it was to help distinguish between them. Worked for me.

Dickens' created some memorable characters in Our Mutual Friend and there are some good sub-plots. Overall I enjoyed the story, but with some caveats, i.e. he did go on a bit at times (to the point of silliness), the plot was rather convoluted and there were some comments about African kings we would consider racist nowadays (although he did try to address accusations of antisemitism by having sympathetic Jewish characters in this novel).

Fairly enjoyable listen but poorly edited

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I was listening to this audiobook whilst reading the physical copy at the same time and the narrator frequently mixes up characters voices making it difficult to follow at times.
Otherwise it was an enjoyable book and I'm so glad I persevered!

Confusion of character voices...

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There are so many good things in this, one of Dickens's most socially cutting stories, it's hard to know where to begin. He wears his social conscience on his sleeve throughout, though his carefully woven, complex tale-telling doesn't suffer and you can be sure he leaves no loose ends. Hugely satisfying and entertaining as he is, Meera Syal gives a superb performance and she must take enormous credit for her rendition of a diverse and numerous cast of characters with convincing and distinctive voices. Fantastic work, thank you.

Hugely satisfying

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I'd never read the book and I was gripped from start to finish. I thought she was excellent and the characters were easily distinguishable, despite there being so many. I loved it.

Loved Syals performance of this story

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I haven’t hear Meera Syal read before but I really enjoyed her performance. Dickens focuses on the personality of his cast and her voices did credit to them. Mrs Wilfer conjured up such an image that she was almost visible. I’ve read or listened to most of Dickens books at one time or another but this was a new one to me and 30 odd hours of listening almost passed by too quickly. Audible, yes I did enjoy this and great value for money too!
Oh yes and...
Interesting preface, worth a listen.

Excellent book, excellent reader

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