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A review by bupdaddy
The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens
3.0
Gee, I dunno. I just don't this was Dickens' best outing. A lot of the plot just feels kind of random, and like he just improvised as he went along. It starts out as a road book, but then about halfway through we switch course and never really regain that. Then at the end a few things are tied up with a bittersweet bow that seemed really forced, like a bad episode of Seinfeld.
I still can't get over how great Mil Nicholson's Dickens readings are, though. She's working her way through all his novels, and her audio versions are free at librivox.org. She seems to be working her way roughly from his weakest stuff to his best. Our Mutual Friend got posted last year, and it should only get better from there.
I still can't get over how great Mil Nicholson's Dickens readings are, though. She's working her way through all his novels, and her audio versions are free at librivox.org. She seems to be working her way roughly from his weakest stuff to his best. Our Mutual Friend got posted last year, and it should only get better from there.