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Wonderful

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5 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 05-01-23

This is a wonderfully written and moving novel, and Maura Tierney’s reading cannot be bettered.

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Strong Analysis of Orwell

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4 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 07-03-19

This book is definitely worth reading as its analysis of the sources and thinking behind 1984, as well as the book’s influence on and relevance to our world today, is illuminating and thought-provoking.

However, the reader’s rendition of the book is less than optimal, for he reads it with an annoying “conspiratorial” voice that quickly becomes tiresome.

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Of Historic Interest Only

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3 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 09-24-16

This is certainly the least successful of Dickens' novels, and thus of interest only to the dedicated Dickens reader.

Simon Vance is best at narrating the story, but is poor when it comes to dramatizing the characters, especially the women. His "voices" are emphatically artificial.

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Superb Rendition of Dombey and Son

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 06-06-16

This is one of the very best readings I have listened to at Audible. David Timson is superlative.

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