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Charles Dickens and the poor
Charles Dickens uses the novel Oliver Twist similarly to his many other novels to portray the life of the poor through the struggle of the main character. Oliver Twist is a bast@rd child who is forced into an orphanage (workhouse) for the poor. He eventually runs off an...Read More
Charles Dickens uses the novel Oliver Twist similarly to his many other novels to portray the life of the poor through the struggle of the main character. Oliver Twist is a bast@rd child who is forced into an orphanage (workhouse) for the poor. He eventually runs off and gets tangled up with a group of other poor children who steal for their leader in crime Fagin. While there, he learns the tricks of the trade and also discovers that it is not the life for him and struggles to get out. Charles Dickens does an excellent job of ridiculing the upper and middle class for their treatment of the poor, while delivering an excellent story about the adventures of Oliver Twist.Show Less
posted by Anonymous on January 23, 2001
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3 out of 5 people found this review helpful.
Not the whole book
This version is only the first half of the book, I believe.
posted by 9910707 on October 23, 2011
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Anonymous
Posted January 23, 2001
Charles Dickens and the poor
Charles Dickens uses the novel Oliver Twist similarly to his many other novels to portray the life of the poor through the struggle of the main character. Oliver Twist is a bast@rd child who is forced into an orphanage (workhouse) for the poor. He eventually runs off and gets tangled up with a group of other poor children who steal for their leader in crime Fagin. While there, he learns the tricks of the trade and also discovers that it is not the life for him and struggles to get out. Charles Dickens does an excellent job of ridiculing the upper and middle class for their treatment of the poor, while delivering an excellent story about the adventures of Oliver Twist.
10 out of 11 people found this review helpful.
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Anonymous
Posted November 20, 2000
A young boy born in a filthy English work house.
This story is about a young boy named Oliver Twist born in a work house in the mid 1800's. A work house is like todays orphange. This work house was very dirty and their was never enough to eat. Oliver is just a shy boy who can not take the harsh conditions of the work house. Oliver runs to London only to fall in with a croud of a youth pickpocket gang led by the crimnal Mr. Fagin. Oliver befriends some one in the gang, and finds his true identity, and gets his long over due inhairtence. This book is a classic Dickens book filled with action and suspence. I would give it 4 stars.
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Oliver Twist lives up to it's name.
After years of people telling me how great this book was I decided to read it to see what all the fuss was about. It turned out that it lived up to my expectations. This book is well written and a classic story about an orphan and his surrounding characters. There is drama, fear, compasion, and so many more emotions Dickens put into this novel. It's a good read; you won't be disapointed!
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Anonymous
Posted May 27, 2009
A CLASSIC!
The book Oliver Twist written by Charles Dickens was very good. During the first semester of history I learned about the industrial revolution. Many children had to work long hours in factories or workhouses. The conditions were really bad. Oliver had to work in the workhouse from the time he was very young. I feel that it was unjust and cruel to make a little child work in a workhouse at such a young age. The children suffered greatly because food was scarce and also the work hours were so harsh it caused the children to become very weak and sick.
The relationship between Oliver and Dodger is very strong. I think even though Dodger is a bad boy he is a good friend to Oliver. Dodger's personality is good though. He is very friendly and is a brother figure to Oliver. Oliver needs a friend like that because he an orphan, has been through a lot of harsh times working and living at the workhouse, and never met his family before.
I also liked the plot of the story. Oliver is on a search to find his family with the help of the locket that his mother left for him after she gave birth to him. Oliver's persistent personality helps him through out the journey. He meets many various people that affect his life forever. For example, Dodger.
I recommend this book to anyone that likes a book with suspense and a hint of history. I personally liked the book because I read it after I knew some information on the industrial revolution when this book takes place. The book made a lot of sense to me because I had a lot of knowledge of the industrial revolution and about the time period when the book takes place.4 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
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9910707
Posted October 23, 2011
Not the whole book
This version is only the first half of the book, I believe.
3 out of 5 people found this review helpful.
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Anonymous
Posted January 22, 2011
idk
i hinkghisnlooks like a good book but i diddnt get it bu if u r in theage group of 10-13 years old get a liz trigg book they r awesom
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I <3 Charles Dickens
My second Dickens work was not quite the ecstatic experience my first was, but it was still amazing. He does have a different sentence structure and they do tend to run on, but when you're done and you reflect on what you just read ... it was well worth the effort!
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ericho
Posted January 14, 2009
Book Review: Oliver Twist
A young orphan born into a cruel world. Abused and mistreated by all of his peers, yet innocent at heart. Through good will the orphan finally finds his place in society, being accepted into his dream family. Sound a bit cliche? It should since this is a very common theme and plot that is present in many stories and novels. Although Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens, has the same cliche plot, it offers so much more through Dickens' mastery of the English language and his effectiveness at writing with it. In the book, Dickens vividly portrays nineteenth century London and the harsh conditions that the majority of the population have to endure. At first, it was somewhat difficult to comprehend Dickens' writing style, but as I became more familiar with it, it started to become easier to understand. The book starts with Oliver's birth in a child labor workhouse. Unfortunately Oliver's mother dies shortly after giving birth and Oliver is left in the care of the caretakers of the workhouse. Oliver is forced to work for the undertakers for the good majority of his childhood, but after his famous, "Please may I have some more," line, he is traded away by the workhouse for his rebellion. From there, he is apprenticed by a coffin maker. After being provoked into a fight with another apprentice, Oliver leaves and is eventually picked up by a pick-pocketing gang in London. From there the plot thickens, more conflicts arise, and poor Oliver is caught between everything. Despite this, Oliver eventually receives the happy ending he deserves.
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SimplyAmazing
Posted December 27, 2008
I Also Recommend:
Okay
I am a good, fast reader but the thing is with this book the senetences are paragraphs, so you know it is pretty hard to read. However this book is really good. It teaches good lessons and stuff like that. I would totaly recommend it (as long as you can read the LONGEST sentences in THE world)! If you are into good books with long sentences try The Adventures and the Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. Just simply amazing books try Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and Twilight (good higher level vocabulary).
Note I am a 11 year old so the vocab is higher level for me!2 out of 7 people found this review helpful.
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Anonymous
Posted December 2, 2007
A great book!
I've read this book, probably, about ten times, and I still enjoy the Victorian setting, classic characters, and the message of hope and redemption in the world of crime and greed.
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Anonymous
Posted July 22, 2001
Oliver Twist tops all!
Of all the wonderful books in the world, so far I have not read one that can top this classic! At sixteen years old I have just finished reading this masterpiece for the fifth time at least. It's an all-time-favorite. Though some people may argue that it is boring or childish, it is none of these. The characters are well developed with complex personalitys and the plot intriguing. Such a book is hard to find and ought to be appreciated!
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Anonymous
Posted July 26, 2001
Oliver Twist
This story is a pretty much unabriged story compared to all the other Oliver Twist books I've read. A great book. Makes sense and does not have the word sense of Charles Dickens. I recommend this book for readers ages 9-23. As soon as you pick up this book you will not want to put it down.
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Anonymous
Posted April 5, 2012
Acekit
She probably likes me better right babe. Licks her ear.
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bamagv
Posted February 13, 2012
Excellent for Younger Children
Getting your child to read one of those classic novels can certainly be a challenge. Thanks to Jonathan Keeble and Roy McMillian this task has been revolutionized. The classic story "Oliver Twist" by Charles Dickens has been retold for younger listeners on audiobook. Created with children ages 8-13 in mind, this audiobook features the original text found in Dicken's classic but the words are simplified and clarified at certain points throughout the story to ensure that the child understands them and can easily follow along with the storyline. This audiobook re-telling of the classic Oliver Twist will keep children's attention and have them engaged in the story through its unique and captivating audio.
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Anonymous
Posted December 28, 2011
To not the whole book
Thisvis the whole book and if you say you believe it is but you arent sure, figure out the facts if you have never read this book before and you arent so sure find someone who does bc im tired of peeps trying to vsay that something isnt the full thing and they dont know if it is or not if u rnt sure find someone who does. Gosh im tiref of this mess.
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Anonymous
Posted December 28, 2011
How many chapters?
I read this book before, but I don't remember how many capters it has..... Can anyone tell mr?
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Anonymous
Posted December 13, 2011
G
Good
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Anonymous
Posted December 12, 2011
The game on diet,
Diet book
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Anonymous
Posted December 1, 2011
Oliver Twist
I liked this book very much. I love Oliver; I feel so much sympathy for him. He had such
a terrible life growing up. I felt like I wanted to just jump into the book and give Oliver a hug. I
also love how surprising the ending is. I was not expecting to find out that Monks was Oliver¿s
half brother. I had no clue at all. It was amazing how all of the people in the story matched up in
some way. I was not expecting Rose to be the sister of Oliver¿s mother at all! Rose did
say something about how she had a strange background, but I was not thinking that she was
related to Oliver. What I didn¿t like was that all the surprising things happened so close together
at the end of the book. It was kind of hard to take each shock one after another.
One of my favorite parts of this book was the romance between Rose and Harry Maylie. I
was not expecting this to be in a book about an orphan. I loved how it was worked into the story,
because I am always attracted to books and movies that have a love story. It was a pleasant
surprise to see it in this book.
My favorite characters were Mr. Brownlow and Oliver. I loved Oliver because he is just
such a sweet human being and he always does what he thinks is right. Even when he did attack
Noah, he did it for a justified reason! No one should be talking badly about someone else¿s
mother; especially when that person¿s mother is not alive and the person never got to meet their
mother.
I loved Mr. Brownlow because he saw the good in Oliver. Mr. Brownlow took Oliver in
and nursed him to health, even though he was the suspect for stealing a handkerchief that
belonged to him. He saw that Oliver was an innocent little boy and a good person. When Oliver
was kidnapped, Mr. Brownlow still wanted to find Oliver. He wanted to get proof that Oliver
was the good person that he thought he was. He eventually did find him. Overall, I really liked
this book. It was nothing like I expected it to be, full of so many surprises.1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.
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TamBaig
Posted August 14, 2011
Highly Recommended
A true classic
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