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The Twits
- Narrated by: Richard Ayoade
- Length: 57 mins
- Categories: Children's Audiobooks, Literature & Fiction
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Publisher's Summary
Penguin presents a marvellous new recording of Roald Dahl's The Twits, read by IT Crowd star Richard Ayoade. The audiobook features original music.
Mr Twit is a foul and smelly man with bits of cornflake and sardine in his beard. Mrs Twit is a horrible old hag with a glass eye. They've kept Muggle-Wump monkeys caged in the garden for far too long, and now the monkeys want to take their revenge....
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- Carla
- 07-03-2015
Sound levels were a bit off
The sound levels were off which made it frustrating while listening to in the car - having to turn it up and down constantly.
My 7 year old who doesn't have the greatest attention span loved it nonetheless.
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- Anonymous User
- 10-02-2021
The best
Emma age 8,
‘The book was really good! And I hope to read it again!’
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- Mariah Campbell
- 20-05-2020
nothing finer than this book
my kids absolutely loved this intro to audiobooks and I loved Richard's reading of it! so much fun, such a great way to experience Roald Dahl's work.
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- Anonymous User
- 11-02-2020
super funny
Loved it. It is one of my favourite books. It is amazing and hilariously funny.
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- Anonymous User
- 17-01-2020
should be free
only went for an hour. i should have checked the length before i used a credit. it should be bundled with another book. performance was good although the male character was hard to hear and the female character was way to loud.
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- Anonymous User
- 06-10-2019
Great 👍
To me it tells people not to be mean to anyone or anything so people don’t do that to it or you
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- Anthony Micallef
- 17-06-2019
great book get it must get the book omg so good
loved it so much but needs some changes but not to many great book for sure
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- AndrewSimon
- 15-10-2018
Crazy Book
Well, I was surprised by just how weird this book was. I didn't enjoy it and was glad it was only 1hr long.
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- Anonymous User
- 13-10-2019
The Twits
Richard Ayoade's reading brings Roald Dahl to life. Lovely!! This brought back many childhood memories!
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- Anonymous User
- 18-10-2018
A great listen
Perfectly read.
Kids loved listening to this story.
Look forward to the next story by the same author.
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- Claire
- 29-03-2016
Ayoade is a national treasure
This book is amazingly narrated by Ayoade. I would gladly sit and giggle along with my 4yo niece to this wonderful tale. Highly recommended.
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- erin McGoldrick
- 06-08-2015
Best narrator.
Fantastic narration for this classic Roald Dahl story. An easy five stars, from our eight year old listener.
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- Tim J.
- 04-10-2018
VERY expensive for an hour
Nothing wrong with story or delivery of the story. But it’s a rip off for an hour of story telling and Amazon should be ashamed at the price or, failing that, their inability to negotiate a fairer price for its customers with the principal.
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- Robert
- 01-05-2016
Fun and Enjoyable Listen!
I remember reading this in primary school, and since I was (and still am) a fan of Roald Dahl's work, I thought I would re-live some of my childhood.
Very funny and enjoyable story that lasts just under an hour which I listened to whilst out for an evening walk. Definitely recommended for children of primary school age, and those that want to re-live a bit of nostalgia. Also, entertaining narration from Richard Ayoade.
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- me,myself,andI
- 09-08-2019
fantastic! Beautifully read!
my granddaughter and I enjoyed this together. a lot of fun and giggles. Thank you.
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- Suzanne Walker
- 10-07-2019
So much nostalgia
I loved the twits as a kid and my brother just got a tone of Roald Dahl books as a prize for getting a good report at the end of year 2. He's so excited to listen with me and I love hearing it again. 10/10
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- Kay King
- 17-03-2019
Excellent reading by Mr. Ayoade!
Great to read in one sitting. I liked the music at the beginning and end as well; it added character to the narration.
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- Zoe Jones
- 05-12-2018
Wonderful
A wonderful story my seven year old son really enjoyed it. Beautiful written. Just the right length that he didn’t get bored.
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- Lucym8885
- 07-03-2021
Absolutely love this!!!
When I downloaded this story I had a feeling that I would like it. So you can see what I think about it, I love it!!
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- MRS
- 16-01-2021
Twits
I didn't really like it that much especially at night.
The music is rather scary. I wouldn't recommend it for small children. I think it isn't really nice
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- lucky1
- 10-01-2021
Good to hear
Good to hear Awesome things read it cause i cloud for days moths years.
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- Andrew.
- 19-11-2020
Great book from my childhood
Narration wasn't so good, but the book itself is brilliant! Well worth a listen, for children and nostalgic adults alike!
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