Book:Dodger - Revision history

Guybrush: /* Gallery */

2025-06-15T13:39:48Z

Gallery

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	\| valign="top" \| [[File:DO LEA.jpg\|thumb\|130px\|Cover by Laura Ellen Anderson]]		\| valign="top" \| [[File:DO LEA.jpg\|thumb\|130px\|Cover by Laura Ellen Anderson]]
	\| valign="top" \| [[File:DO CL\|thumb\|130px\|Collector’s Library Edition]]		\| valign="top" \| [[File:DO CL.jpg\|thumb\|130px\|Collector’s Library Edition]]
	\|}		\|}

	[[Category:Dodger\|Dodger]]		[[Category:Dodger\|Dodger]]
	[[Category:Children's books\|Dodger]]		[[Category:Children's books\|Dodger]]

Guybrush: /* Gallery */ Added Collector’s Library edition

2025-06-15T13:34:57Z

Gallery: Added Collector’s Library edition

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	\| valign="top" \| [[File:DO LEA.jpg\|thumb\|130px\|Cover by Laura Ellen Anderson]]		\| valign="top" \| [[File:DO LEA.jpg\|thumb\|130px\|Cover by Laura Ellen Anderson]]
			\| valign="top" \| [[File:DO CL\|thumb\|130px\|Collector’s Library Edition]]
	\|}		\|}

	[[Category:Dodger\|Dodger]]		[[Category:Dodger\|Dodger]]
	[[Category:Children's books\|Dodger]]		[[Category:Children's books\|Dodger]]

Jagra at 10:35, 23 February 2019

2019-02-23T10:35:36Z

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	\|title=Dodger		\|title=Dodger
	\|cover=[[File:Dodger Cover.jpg\|thumb\|240px\|Cover by [[Paul Kidby]]]]		\|cover=[[File:Dodger Cover.jpg\|thumb\|240px\|Cover by [[Paul Kidby]]]]
			\|coauthors=
			\|illustrator=
	\|date=13 September 2012		\|date=13 September 2012
	\|publisher=Doubleday		\|publisher=Doubleday
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	\|characters=[[Dodger]], [[Solomon Cohen]], [[Simplicity]]		\|characters=[[Dodger]], [[Solomon Cohen]], [[Simplicity]]
	\|series=Dodger		\|series=Dodger
			\|annotations=
			\|notes=
	}}		}}
	A storm. Rain-lashed city streets. A flash of lightning. A scruffy lad sees a girl leap desperately from a horse-drawn carriage, in a vain attempt to escape her captors. Can the lad stand by and let her be caught again? Of course not, because he's . . . Dodger!		A storm. Rain-lashed city streets. A flash of lightning. A scruffy lad sees a girl leap desperately from a horse-drawn carriage, in a vain attempt to escape her captors. Can the lad stand by and let her be caught again? Of course not, because he's . . . Dodger!
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	\| valign="top" \| [[File:DO Waterstones.jpg\|thumb\|130px\|Waterstones Edition]]		\| valign="top" \| [[File:DO Waterstones.jpg\|thumb\|130px\|Waterstones Edition]]
	\| valign="top" \| [[File:DO Sampler.jpg\|thumb\|130px\|Sampler Extract]]		\| valign="top" \| [[File:DO Sampler.jpg\|thumb\|130px\|Sampler Extract]]
			\| valign="top" \| [[File:DO LEA.jpg\|thumb\|130px\|Cover by Laura Ellen Anderson]]
	\|}		\|}

	[[Category:Dodger\|Dodger]]		[[Category:Dodger\|Dodger]]
	[[Category:Children's books\|Dodger]]		[[Category:Children's books\|Dodger]]

AgProv: /* Annotations */

2018-07-16T08:05:41Z

Annotations

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	==Annotations==		==Annotations==

	it's worth remarking that the biggest cliché in novel writing - Bulwer-Lytton's opening line "It was a dark and stormy night..." has been spoofed, parodied and sent up so often that no author would dare to use it or anything like it to kick off a novel. Except, perhaps, Terry - who seems to have picked it up here and is gleefully putting a slant on the idea....		It's worth remarking that the biggest cliché in novel writing - Bulwer-Lytton's opening line "It was a dark and stormy night..." has been spoofed, parodied and sent up so often that no author would dare to use it or anything like it to kick off a novel. Except, perhaps, Terry - who seems to have picked it up here and is gleefully putting a slant on the idea....

	''It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents — except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness.'' (Edward Bulwer-Lytton, ''Paul Clifford'', opening line.)		''It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents — except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness.'' (Edward Bulwer-Lytton, ''Paul Clifford'', opening line.)

	Now look at the way Terry opens ''Dodger''.		Now look at the way Terry opens ''Dodger''.

	==Adaptations==		==Adaptations==

AgProv: Literary homage in the opening lines of "Dodger"

2018-07-16T08:05:09Z

Literary homage in the opening lines of "Dodger"

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	The first edition from the retailer ASDA included the additional material: 'Map of Dodger's London,' two pages that feature an illustration of a map of Victorian London.		The first edition from the retailer ASDA included the additional material: 'Map of Dodger's London,' two pages that feature an illustration of a map of Victorian London.

			==Annotations==

			it's worth remarking that the biggest cliché in novel writing - Bulwer-Lytton's opening line "It was a dark and stormy night..." has been spoofed, parodied and sent up so often that no author would dare to use it or anything like it to kick off a novel. Except, perhaps, Terry - who seems to have picked it up here and is gleefully putting a slant on the idea....

			''It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents — except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness.'' (Edward Bulwer-Lytton, ''Paul Clifford'', opening line.)

			Now look at the way Terry opens ''Dodger''.

	==Adaptations==		==Adaptations==

Jagra at 11:08, 29 December 2017

2017-12-29T11:08:04Z

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	\| valign="top" \| [[File:DO CD.jpg\|thumb\|140px\|Audio CD]]		\| valign="top" \| [[File:DO CD.jpg\|thumb\|140px\|Audio CD]]
	\| valign="top" \| [[File:DO US.jpg\|thumb\|120px\|US Cover]]		\| valign="top" \| [[File:DO US.jpg\|thumb\|120px\|US Cover]]
	~~\| valign="top" \| [[File:DO Waterstones.jpg\|thumb\|130px\|Waterstones Edition]]~~
	\|}		\|}
	{\|		{\|
	\|-		\|-
			\| valign="top" \| [[File:DO Waterstones.jpg\|thumb\|130px\|Waterstones Edition]]
	\| valign="top" \| [[File:DO Sampler.jpg\|thumb\|130px\|Sampler Extract]]		\| valign="top" \| [[File:DO Sampler.jpg\|thumb\|130px\|Sampler Extract]]
	\|}		\|}

Jagra: Link

2017-10-05T16:02:36Z

Link

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	\|rrp=£18.99		\|rrp=£18.99
	\|characters=[[Dodger]], [[Solomon Cohen]], [[Simplicity]]		\|characters=[[Dodger]], [[Solomon Cohen]], [[Simplicity]]
			\|series=Dodger
	}}		}}
	A storm. Rain-lashed city streets. A flash of lightning. A scruffy lad sees a girl leap desperately from a horse-drawn carriage, in a vain attempt to escape her captors. Can the lad stand by and let her be caught again? Of course not, because he's . . . Dodger!		A storm. Rain-lashed city streets. A flash of lightning. A scruffy lad sees a girl leap desperately from a horse-drawn carriage, in a vain attempt to escape her captors. Can the lad stand by and let her be caught again? Of course not, because he's . . . Dodger!
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	The first edition from the retailer ASDA included the additional material: 'Map of Dodger's London,' two pages that feature an illustration of a map of Victorian London.		The first edition from the retailer ASDA included the additional material: 'Map of Dodger's London,' two pages that feature an illustration of a map of Victorian London.

			==Adaptations==
			===[[Book:The Dodger's Guide to London\|Spin-Off]]===
			[[Book:The Dodger's Guide to London\|''The Dodger's Guide to London'']], 2013. A book further exploring the world and time period of {{DO}}.

			===[[Theatre Adaptations\|Theatre]]===
			Adapted into a play-script by [[Stephen Briggs]] and published by Oxford Playscripts, 2014.

	==Gallery==		==Gallery==

Jagra at 15:43, 5 October 2017

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	\|isbn=0385619278		\|isbn=0385619278
	\|pages=356		\|pages=356
			\|rrp=£18.99
			\|characters=[[Dodger]], [[Solomon Cohen]], [[Simplicity]]
	}}		}}
	A storm. Rain-lashed city streets. A flash of lightning. A scruffy lad sees a girl leap desperately from a horse-drawn carriage, in a vain attempt to escape her captors. Can the lad stand by and let her be caught again? Of course not, because he's . . . Dodger!		A storm. Rain-lashed city streets. A flash of lightning. A scruffy lad sees a girl leap desperately from a horse-drawn carriage, in a vain attempt to escape her captors. Can the lad stand by and let her be caught again? Of course not, because he's . . . Dodger!
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	*[[Outlander\|The Outlander]]		*[[Outlander\|The Outlander]]
	*[[Wikipedia:Robert Peel\|Robert Peel]]		*[[Wikipedia:Robert Peel\|Robert Peel]]
	*[[Wikipedia:Disraeli\|Disraeli]]		*[[Wikipedia:Disraeli\|Benjamin Disraeli]]
	*[[Wikipedia:Queen Victoria\|Queen Victoria]]		*[[Wikipedia:Queen Victoria\|Queen Victoria]]
	*[[Wikipedia:Sweeney Todd\|Sweeney Todd]]		*[[Wikipedia:Sweeney Todd\|Sweeney Todd]]

Jagra: Gallery added and now that's all the books done.

2017-06-08T18:23:06Z

Gallery added and now that's all the books done.

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	{{Book Data		{{Book Data
	\|title= Dodger		\|title=Dodger
	\|cover=		\|cover=[[File:Dodger Cover.jpg\|thumb\|240px\|Cover by [[Paul Kidby]]]]
	[[File:Dodger Cover.jpg\|thumb\|240px]]		\|date=13 September 2012
	\|date= 13 September 2012
	\|publisher=Doubleday		\|publisher=Doubleday
	\|isbn= 0385619278		\|isbn=0385619278
	\|pages= 356		\|pages=356
	}}		}}
	A storm. Rain-lashed city streets. A flash of lightning. A scruffy lad sees a girl leap desperately from a horse-drawn carriage, in a vain attempt to escape her captors. Can the lad stand by and let her be caught again? Of course not, because he's . . . Dodger!		A storm. Rain-lashed city streets. A flash of lightning. A scruffy lad sees a girl leap desperately from a horse-drawn carriage, in a vain attempt to escape her captors. Can the lad stand by and let her be caught again? Of course not, because he's . . . Dodger!
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	==Characters==		==Characters==

	*[[Dodger]], a tosher (someone who searches in sewers for valuable items).		*[[Dodger]], a tosher (someone who searches in sewers for valuable items).
	*[[Solomon Cohen]]		*[[Solomon Cohen]]
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	The first edition from the retailer ASDA included the additional material: 'Map of Dodger's London,' two pages that feature an illustration of a map of Victorian London.		The first edition from the retailer ASDA included the additional material: 'Map of Dodger's London,' two pages that feature an illustration of a map of Victorian London.

			==Gallery==
			{\|
			\|-
			\| valign="top" \| [[File:Dodger Cover.jpg\|thumb\|120px\|First Edition Cover by [[Paul Kidby]]]]
			\| valign="top" \| [[File:DO Proof.jpg\|thumb\|120px\|Book Proof]]
			\| valign="top" \| [[File:DO Slip.jpg\|thumb\|120px\|Slipcase Collectors Edition]]
			\| valign="top" \| [[File:DO Cards.jpg\|thumb\|130px\|Promotional postcards by Paul Kidby]]
			\| valign="top" \| [[File:DO Zoom.jpg\|thumb\|120px\|Paperback]]
			\| valign="top" \| [[File:DO CD.jpg\|thumb\|140px\|Audio CD]]
			\| valign="top" \| [[File:DO US.jpg\|thumb\|120px\|US Cover]]
			\| valign="top" \| [[File:DO Waterstones.jpg\|thumb\|130px\|Waterstones Edition]]
			\|}
			{\|
			\|-
			\| valign="top" \| [[File:DO Sampler.jpg\|thumb\|130px\|Sampler Extract]]
			\|}

	[[Category:Dodger\|Dodger]]		[[Category:Dodger\|Dodger]]
	[[Category:Children's books\|Dodger]]		[[Category:Children's books\|Dodger]]

Jagra at 17:54, 14 September 2016

2016-09-14T17:54:11Z

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	==Extras==		==Extras==

	The first edition from the retailer Waterstones included the additional material: 'The Wise Words of Solomon Cohen,' a collection of some of Solomon Cohen's sayings in the book along with some new ones.		The first edition from the retailer Waterstones included the additional material: 'The Wise Words of Solomon Cohen,' a collection of some of Solomon Cohen's sayings in the book along with some new ones.

	The first edition from the retailer WHSmith included the additional material: 'Old Comrades,' an small additional chapter where Dodger visits Sweeney Todd in prison.		The first edition from the retailer WHSmith and the ebook edition of Dodger included the additional material: 'Old Comrades,' an small additional chapter where Dodger visits Sweeney Todd in prison.

	The first edition from the retailer Tesco included four postcards illustrated by [[Paul Kidby]].		The first edition from the retailer Tesco included four postcards illustrated by [[Paul Kidby]].
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	The first edition from the retailer ASDA included the additional material: 'Map of Dodger's London,' two pages that feature an illustration of a map of Victorian London.		The first edition from the retailer ASDA included the additional material: 'Map of Dodger's London,' two pages that feature an illustration of a map of Victorian London.

	[[Category:Dodger]]		[[Category:Dodger\|Dodger]]
	[[Category:Children's books]]		[[Category:Children's books\|Dodger]]

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	\| valign="top" \| [[File:DO LEA.jpg\|thumb\|130px\|Cover by Laura Ellen Anderson]]		\| valign="top" \| [[File:DO LEA.jpg\|thumb\|130px\|Cover by Laura Ellen Anderson]]
	\| valign="top" \| [[File:DO CL\|thumb\|130px\|Collector’s Library Edition]]		\| valign="top" \| [[File:DO CL.jpg\|thumb\|130px\|Collector’s Library Edition]]
	\|}		\|}

	[[Category:Dodger\|Dodger]]		[[Category:Dodger\|Dodger]]
	[[Category:Children's books\|Dodger]]		[[Category:Children's books\|Dodger]]

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	\| valign="top" \| [[File:DO LEA.jpg\|thumb\|130px\|Cover by Laura Ellen Anderson]]		\| valign="top" \| [[File:DO LEA.jpg\|thumb\|130px\|Cover by Laura Ellen Anderson]]
			\| valign="top" \| [[File:DO CL\|thumb\|130px\|Collector’s Library Edition]]
	\|}		\|}

	[[Category:Dodger\|Dodger]]		[[Category:Dodger\|Dodger]]
	[[Category:Children's books\|Dodger]]		[[Category:Children's books\|Dodger]]