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Jack Dawkins Kindle Edition

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The Artful Dodger returns with new adventures!

Jack Dawkins, once known as the Artful Dodger in the streets of London, was sent to Australia on a prison ship when he was little more than a boy. Now he has returned to find that London has changed while the boy has turned into a man.

With few prospects provided by his criminal past and having developed mannerisms that allow him to move amongst a higher strata of society, Jack turns his back on the streets that would have primed him as a successor to the murderer, Bill Sikes, and quickly remodels himself as a gentleman thief.

New acquaintances and a series of chance encounters, including one with his old friend Oliver, create complications as remnants of his past come back to plague him. Jack is forced to struggle for a balance between his new life and memories that haunt him with visions of the derelict tavern where Nancy used to sing.

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November 25, 2013
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00C4CVEFM
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Golbin Publishing; 1st edition (November 25, 2013)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 25, 2013
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2469 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 196 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1291371435

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Charlton Daines is an academic and an aficionado of fine Literature. As such, he has sought to add to the collective of world Literature with the occasional selection that might appeal to those with a love of Classics and Historical Fiction.

The occasional spot of Humour or flights of fancy are likely to slip into this all too serious catalogue of self-indulgent scribblings.

Charlton Daines was born in London, but currently lives in the middle of England with his family, which includes an odd selection of common and pedigree cats.

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charles m bell

If you like Dickens...

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 28, 2013

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An attempt at expanding the work of a world class
author, such as Dickens, might label a writer:
a) Insane
b) Egotistical
c) Foolish
d) Delusional

I am happy to report that Charlton Danes proves that, as a writer, he is none of the above. His choice of main character is one most of us know by nickname yet know little about the character. Who doesn't know the name, `Artful Dodger.'
I am not qualified to speak as a Dickens scholar or fan but I have read most of his major novels and feel comfortable in stating that Danes has written his tale in a style that will make any reader of Dickens comfortable.
The book was well paced. It contained enough twist and turns to keep my interest peaked and my anticipation high and it has a true Dickensian ending.
I will not waste your time or mine with a synopsis. It is every thing you expect from a Dickens tale. If you like Dickens you will surely enjoy this novel.

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SC

Great idea, not-so-great execution

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 25, 2014

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What a fabulous idea: a novel that follows the adventures of the adult Jack Dawkins, aka the Artful Dodger of Oliver Twist fame. And the plot that Charlton Daines whipped up was in fact promising. Unfortunately the writing--well, when the phrase "he thought to himself" appears on the first page, you know you're not in the company of a master wordsmith. (To whom else could he think?) So many scenes that begged to be fleshed out were perfunctorily described: What did Jack and Oliver talk about during their several-hour conversation at Twist's house? What was the inside of the train--a novelty to Jack and most other Londoners at the time--like when Jack rode it for the first time? When Jack was noting that the various neighborhoods he walked through differed from one another, why not show us how, rather than leave it entirely up to our imaginations? All in all, the book was an exercise in frustration for me, because I wanted the execution to at least approach the concept in terms of quality.

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PIR

Revisiting Old London

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 29, 2013

I must say--I am a Dickens fan--totally and completely. What I love most about Dickens is not the stories themselves--it is his characters and descriptions. I could spend--I have spent--hours just reading the amusing ways and manners of these quirky personalities and becoming lost in the places and things that Dickens so creatively and uniquely brought to life. So, it was a pleasure to read this "sequel" to Oliver Twist, a story about a side-character from that great work. In it, the author has managed to re-create Dickinsonian London in the author's own style, adding nothing to and taking nothing from the great Dickens himself, since by the author's own words, he did not intend to write in the style of Dickens.

Jack Dawkins returns to London to try to find a new life. While he struggles with trying to determine on which side of the law he will fall, the reader is quite confident from the outset that Dawkins will ultimately seek a life within the law--or at least mostly so. It is Dawkins attempts to help others--Lilly, the flower girl, Charlie, the kidnapped child, Reg, the street urchin who reminded Dawkins so much of himself in Jack's earlier days, even those from the seedier side of life who had befriended Jack, like Tom and Graves--that lay this groundwork of expectation for the reader. Thus, the ending, while not a surprise, was the one the reader desired, and the journey along the way was a pleasant meandering through the streets and society of old London.

I do note that there were a fair number of events that occur by happenstance: the hat Dawkins steals happens to belong to the Italian pastry chef who happens to be employed by the Caufields so eventually, Jack learns that he can now safely wear the same in public; Dawkins happens to run into Oliver notwithstanding the vast size of and number of people in the city; Jack happens to run into a man he knows at the train station when Jack is trying to leave town quickly to pawn goods stolen from that very same man; the one copper who will have a heart for a former street waif just happens to be the one that identifies Jack and, though the copper could turn Jack in, does not; and so forth. Notwithstanding, Jack Dawkins was a fun read.

Well done, Charlton Daines. Keep them coming!

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marie davis

Interesting Sequel

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 8, 2013

The Artful Dodger was, perhaps, an undervalued character. Not in Jack Dawkins. Oliver does not take center stage, which was charming. I thoroughly enjoyed this tale, from the opening scene on the return voyage to a city that threw him out, to the ending that I was extremely concerned would be too predictable and tame in order to achieve comfort but was pleasantly surprising. There are delightful supporting characters, interconnected story lines, threads that are reintroduced as the plot progresses and a re-imagining of a scruffy urchin that many of us thought we were familiar with. Enjoyable read.

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Charles Bray

Say it again Jack

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 17, 2014

What a brilliant idea for a novel. Jack Dawkins aka The Artful Dodger, created by Charles Dickens, is brought out of enforced retirement and brought to life again by Charlton Daines.

Not many authors would dare to attempt this, effectively walking in the steps of the legendary Dickens. Well, Daines does and he succeeds admirably, continuing the story of Oliver by releasing Dawkins to roam the streets of London afresh.

Apparently he has not wasted his time in the Australian nick, and learned a set of toff skills that enable him to move effortlessly within the higher echelons of society. Combine these skills with his existing penchant for thieving, and Dawkins no longer needs to eke out a dismal living in the backstreets of London.

Oh no. He’s now fully equipped to succeed as a gentleman thief.

But he can’t fully turn his back on the past and nostalgic tugs enable the reader to occasionally visit the memory of his old haunts and old friends such as Nancy. Indeed, Oliver is also re-introduced in the flesh.

The Artful Dodger may still possess villainous tendencies, but he still has a heart and uses this to help street urchins, that continue to struggle in his old environment, to survive.

I can think of no greater praise than to state that I have always loved Dickens, and I love this novel.

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harasrrek

Artful and so glad I didn't dodge it!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on April 5, 2013

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Being a longtime fan of Oliver Twist as a book, film and musical how could I resist this opportunity to catch up on the life of Jack Dawkins aka The Artful Dodger. I was not disappointed!
The plot drew me in from the start and I found myself transported back to the underworld of the dippers and colourful lowlife of Dickens's London. The descriptive prose was authentic and atmospheric.Jack came across as a very loveable rogue who could resist everything except temptation. The characters were believable and had depth with equal thought and detail given to both upper and lower classes.
My only issue with the story was sadness that Jack did not take the judge's advice with regard to future career choice as I think that may have resulted in a terrific sequel.

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Martin Legat

Enjoyable

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on September 23, 2013

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I often wondered what happened to the surviving characters from Oliver Twist.

I hope that Charlton is planning another story featuring the characters of Jack, Lilly and Reg.

I thought that Oliver was rather dull but the book was quite rightly all about the "Dodger".

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