Teaser Tuesday

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

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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!
posted by chowmeyow in bookish things and has Comments (2)

2 Responses to “Teaser Tuesday”

  1. Bina says:

    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/

  2. Vishy says:

    Interesting teaser! Looks like you are having a ‘Dickens Reading Year’ :) I saw ‘A Tale of Two Cities’ also on your ‘TBR’ list :)