Dickens' Women Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Charles Dickens (Author), Miriam Margolyes (Author, Narrator), BBC Digital Audio (Publisher)

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From Little Nell to Miss Havisham, Dickens’ Women tells the story of Charles Dickens’ life through his beloved characters. Cowritten and performed by Miriam Margolyes, best known for her role as Professor Sprout in the Harry Potter films, this one-women show is a celebration of her infectious passion for Dickens’ work.

Taking on 23 different Dickensian characters, many of whom were inspired by real people such as Mary Hogwarth, Dickens' sister-in-law, Margolyes showcases her astonishing versatility as a performer.

Dickens’ Women delighted audiences across the world in 2012 as Margolyes took her Olivier nominated show on tour for the bicentenary of Dickens' birth.

Listening Length

1 hour and 27 minutes
Author

Charles Dickens, see all
Narrator

Miriam Margolyes
Audible release date

1 November 2018
Language

English
Publisher

BBC Digital Audio
ASIN

B07K1G9YB9
Version

Unabridged
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Listening Length	1 hour and 27 minutes
Author	Charles Dickens, Miriam Margolyes
Narrator	Miriam Margolyes
Audible.com.au Release Date	01 November 2018
Publisher	BBC Digital Audio
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B07K1G9YB9
Best Sellers Rank	25,111 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) 18 in Feminist Literary Criticism 36 in Women Writers in Women Studies 40 in History & Criticism of British & Irish Literature

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G. James

Many rich characters missed

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 January 2021

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No doubt these two women gave excellent performances and Dickens read out loud is always a treat. There is a pleasing selection here of the women Dickens created. Yet I learnt very little from this that I did not already know from a reading of the primary resources and various biographies of the great writer. There is a missed opportunity here; there is room to delve deeper into the women that surrounded Dickens - bot the ones he created and the one who were part of his own life.

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KaleHawkwood

The Divine Ms M & the Inimitable Mr D

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 November 2013

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Miriam Margolyes has her audience in the palm of her hand from the first moments of this ninety-minute live tour through a few of the highways and byways of Dickens` life, and some of his female characters, one or two of which will surely surprise you, unless you`re very well up on Dickens.
Without further ado, she opens with the hilariously bibulous Mrs Gamp, at the end of which lengthy excerpt we hear Miriam M`s own voice saying "That was Sarah Gamp from Martin Chuzzlewit, and I`m Miriam Margolyes from Clapham". It`s just one delightful moment among so many in a tour de force from this versatile actress, who must by now, I`m afraid, be counted an official National Treasure.
Like her male counterpart in the `solo Dickens show` arena, Simon Callow, Miriam obviously loves the author warts and all - the only way to love him, if you ask me. Between recitals from the books, she tells us much about Dickens, particularly his relations with, and attitudes to, women. She lets one or two rather damning tales hang in the air, but wisely never stoops to judging him. (He was something of a tortured soul, after all, as well as a man of almost superhuman energy.)
One highlight of this one-woman (and a pianist) show is the excerpt she recites from Little Dorrit, featuring a Miss Wade, a rare lesbian character, something never spelt out - this was the nineteeth century! - but self-evident, especially in MM`s reading, which is as exquisite as everything else in this bountiful Dickensian extravaganza.
She also plays both the officious Mr Bumble and the coyly flirtatious Mrs Corney in a wonderfully funny chapter - she performs nearly all of it - from Oliver Twist. She can have you in stitches merely with a tiny yelp, as Bumble makes himself ever more at home...
I`ve played this many times already, and it never fails to charm, move, educate and
delight me. Miriam M manages to be blissfully funny one minute, deeply touching the next.

Like Dickens himself, she`s a marvel.

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Elginson

Priceless!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 September 2013

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This is nothing less than a tour de force from Miriam Margolyes. I first found it years ago on cassette, but wanted to replace it on CD. Her one-woman live performance is matchless. Even for those who quickly get bored with Dickens, this is riveting. She performs excerpts form Dickens' texts in character and with a wonderful sideways humour that takes you into her feelings and theirs. I find that even the sound of her voice performing stays in the mind. Here are all Dickens' most memorable female creations speaking their own lines, and providing an unforgettable insight into their world and ours too. The world may have changed, human nature hasn't.
Please spend the small amount and buy this. You will play it again and again and again.

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UK Scribe

Insightful and entertaining analysis

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 July 2014

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A 2 CD tour de force and de horizon as Miriam Margolyes explores and impersonates a wide range of women from Dickens' fiction - some well known and a few less so. As might be expected from an actress who gave a definitive performance as Flora Finching in the film of Little Dorrit, the characterisations are spot on. But Margolyes also puts the characters in context, linking them to events and personalities in Dickens' own life and not ducking the sometimes unpleasant realities of Dickens' relationships with women (unless they were 17 years old).

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Howard Goy

Marvellous Margolyes!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 April 2016

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M.M. is an ornament to both her sex and her profession. I've never had any great interest in Dickens other than enjoying David Lean's brilliant film adaptations, but this wonderful solo performance is irresistible, combining her love of the subject with a prodigious talent which brings the characters vividly to life. National Treasure? - Definitely!

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