Dodger

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Mixing characters from fiction with real-life historical figures, DODGER is a captivating Victorian adventure that's sure to please both fans of Oliver Twist and casual readers. Dodger gets Charlie and Benjamin involved; the two plan to lie, claiming they saw Simplicity fight for her life. Given the unpredictability of the local water supply, most of the characters, including 17-year-old Dodger, drink beer, cider, and wine.

His first novel, a humorous fantasy entitled The Carpet People, appeared in 1971 from the publisher Colin Smythe.

The group of young misfits is led by Dodger and his pickpocketing partner-in-crime, Charley Bates, a girl from the countryside with a mysterious past. With Nate being offered a solo deal at the end of last series, will he choose fame and fortune over his loyalty to his friends? You see Dodger is a tosher—a sewer scavenger—who lives in the squalid underbelly of Victorian London. Dodger acknowledges that women sometimes have children out of wedlock and that poor, desperate girls sometimes turn to prostitution to survive, but it doesn't dwell on these situations.

He was awarded a knighthood for services to literature in 2009, although he always wryly maintained that his greatest service to literature was to avoid writing any . Along the way he’ll befriend Charles Dickens, outwit Sweeny Todd and reach the giddy heights of Victorian society. Disapproving of the marriage, the prince’s family wants to eliminate every trace that she ever existed. Every year we see more and more “spinoffs”, either telling new stories of one of his multifarious minor characters—or even a major one—or even (to my mind rather outrageously) rewriting parts of Dickens’s life which ignore well-documented facts. Additionally, a mysterious assassin known only as the Outlander is rumoured to be looking for Dodger and Simplicity.In London, all men are free, the streets are lined with gold and the naughty ladies are friendly to all. Including appearances--and more--from Charles Dickens, Sweeney Todd, Benjamin Disraeli and others, Dodger, and its title character, take the reader on a clever and delightful ride, full of the language, color, and flavor of 19th century England. In his afterword, Terry Pratchett apologises for the fact that this is a work not of historical fiction but of historical fantasy.

Dodger is partly Jack Dawkins, the Artful Dodger from “Oliver Twist”, with his sharp instincts and knowledge of the underworld. Pretty fun romp down London sewers nevertheless, although I wish Pratchett stuck with writing an original mystery rather than putting all these famous figure at the center of it all. Again, this is based on facts, and even to this day Metropolitan police officers are sometimes referred to as “peelers”, honouring Sir Robert Peel. Discover the joy of reading with us, your trusted source for affordable books that do not compromise on quality.

From the short synopsis I didn't really know what I was in for, but it turned out to be unique, fresh and gave me a sense of urgency to finish it. This is a little left field but I feel that story was been written in such a way that once Terry succumbs to his illness it could be continue on in its own fashion without trying to recreate Discworld, that uniqueness and wizardry belongs to Terry Pratchett. She was a benefactor of Victorian society—and a very good friend of Charles Dickens to boot—both in the novel and in real life.