The man who had knocked at the door, was a stout personage of middle height, aged about fifty: with shiny black hair, cropped pretty close; half-whiskers, a round face, and sharp eyes. The other was a red-headed, bony man, in top-boots; with a rather ill-favoured countenance, and a turned-up sinister-looking nose.
From Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, page 272
Teaser Tuesdays is a fun weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along!
Just do the following:
- Grab your current read
- Open to a random page
- Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
- BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
- Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
Great teaser! I love Oliver Twist, although I still find Dickens´ description often overly long.
Here´s mine: http://ifyoucanreadthis.wordpress.com/2010/02/09/teaser-tuesday-13/
Interesting teaser! Looks like you are having a ‘Dickens Reading Year’ :) I saw ‘A Tale of Two Cities’ also on your ‘TBR’ list :)