Saturday, October 6, 2012

Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

One of the great novelist's most popular works, Oliver Twist is also the purest distillation of Dickens' genius. Abandoned at an early age, Oliver Twist is forced to live in a dark and dismal London workhouse lorded over by awful Mr. Bumble who cheats the boys of their meager rations! Desperate but determined, Oliver makes his escape. But what he discovers in the harsh streets of London's underworld makes the workhouse look like a picnic. Penniless and alone, he is lured into a world of crime by the wily Fagin--the nefarious mastermind of a gang of pint-sized pickpockets, runs away to London where he is captured by thieves and finally escapes...
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  1. hallesmith97October 6, 2012 at 12:18 PM

    This was a really good book because it showed what it was like for children for children in 1803's. It was harder book to read because of the way Charles Dickens talks and the big words he uses. Over all after you have read each page you understand whats he is talking about.

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  2. misfishOctober 7, 2012 at 1:11 PM

    Halle, I'm glad you're reading it. Mark Twain once said "A classic is a book everyone wants to have read but no one wants to read." ;) You'll be able to say you did read this one!

    Dickens uses a lot of description... do you like that about the novel?

    Thanks-
    Missy

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