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Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

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  • Author：Charles Dickens
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Puffin Classics bring the very best children's stories to a new generation。

The world-famous story of a young boy who seeks his fortune on the streets of London， introduced by the hugely popular children's author， Garth Nix。

After Oliver Twist asks nasty Mr Bumble for more food， he has to flee the workhouse for the streets of London。 Here he meets the Artful Dodger， who leads him to Fagin and his gang of pickpockets。 When a thieving mission goes wrong， Oliver narrowly avoids prison and finds himself in the care of kind Mr Brownlow。 But Fagin and the brutal Bill Sikes go in search of the young orphan， determined to drag him back 。 。 。

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Meghan ，

My absolute favorite classic。 This sprawling tale spans through the trials and tribulations of the not-so-distant past。 An amazing insight into Victorian England。 You will want to scoop Oliver up and take him out of all the troubles that he finds himself in。 A classic， coming of age story that you will treasure。

Khushi Joshi ，

I really enjoyed this book and the ending was awesome

Greta ，

I read it for my english class and it wasn't bad。 We follow the history of Oliver Twist a orphan child。 Can I say more of the book？ no I can't。 But at the same time I do。 Cause it isn't THE BOOK or not even a good classic in my personal opinion。 So I can't say any more of the book plot cause it isn't any。If you read on wattpad or some spicy book， you may know the phrase "plot？ What plot？ " Cause that type of book don't have any。 Well， Oliver Twist it's that。 We don't have anything important that I read it for my english class and it wasn't bad。 We follow the history of Oliver Twist a orphan child。 Can I say more of the book？ no I can't。 But at the same time I do。 Cause it isn't THE BOOK or not even a good classic in my personal opinion。 So I can't say any more of the book plot cause it isn't any。If you read on wattpad or some spicy book， you may know the phrase "plot？ What plot？ " Cause that type of book don't have any。 Well， Oliver Twist it's that。 We don't have anything important that we can call plot。 And for that same reason I can say anything more about what the book's about。 Cause everything could be a spoiler。It isn't a book that let me anything。 It doesn't make me feel anything （big filings talking）。 It's just a book that isn't bad。 Or perhaps it wasn't a book for me。 。。。more

David Green ，

The Good: The middle ~50% of the book is quite enjoyable - Charles really hits his stride with unpredictable and often delightful plot points。 This is where the pacing is at its best， moving quickly with some absurdity mixed in for good measure that is at times reminiscent of Voltaire's Candide。 Charles's writing style works best in this context as well: his long-winded descriptions are more interesting and digestible when mixed with rapid plot movement and unexpected developments。 The internal The Good: The middle ~50% of the book is quite enjoyable - Charles really hits his stride with unpredictable and often delightful plot points。 This is where the pacing is at its best， moving quickly with some absurdity mixed in for good measure that is at times reminiscent of Voltaire's Candide。 Charles's writing style works best in this context as well: his long-winded descriptions are more interesting and digestible when mixed with rapid plot movement and unexpected developments。 The internal conflict experienced by Nancy is also noteworthy and explores themes surrounding abuse， mental health， and powerlessness experienced by victims。 She is hands down the most interesting character in the book。The Bad: The beginning and the end are tedious - Charles is fond of explaining things with many more words than necessary， and when the plot slows down it feels REALLY slow。 This is more forgivable at the start， but the end feels unnecessarily drawn out。 The "twist" of Oliver's family ties feels painfully obvious by the time it is revealed to the reader， and then Charles seems to get trigger happy and throws in a few more absolutely unneeded connections for good measure。 The story is also almost entirely bereft of character development - aside from the interesting glimpses into Nancy's internal conflict （which is then abruptly ended）， the other characters are largely static and uninteresting。 Oliver， for example， is essentially just a gentle and benevolent soul without any other distinct traits。Other Thoughts: It's worth noting there are some characterizations/prejudices in the story that are absolutely deplorable today （against Jews and those experiencing poverty）， but I struggle with knowing exactly how to factor that into my judgement of the book's quality; every work of literature is the product of a specific time and therefore will demonstrate societal and cultural preconceptions associated with the author's background and viewpoint。Ten Point Scale: 6/10 。。。more

Patrick Ma ，

I don't know why I keep reading Dickens even though I've never enjoyed Dickens before。His books are always 2-stars throughout and then suddenly very good at the end。 People say about Shakespeare: "When you read Shakespeare， Shakespeare is not on trial。 You are。" The same can be said for Dickens， I think。 I don't know why I keep reading Dickens even though I've never enjoyed Dickens before。His books are always 2-stars throughout and then suddenly very good at the end。 People say about Shakespeare: "When you read Shakespeare， Shakespeare is not on trial。 You are。" The same can be said for Dickens， I think。 。。。more

Lindsey ，

The story's better when Oliver's not around。 ha。 This isn't my favorite Dickens but the ending makes it better when all the storylines converge。 The story's better when Oliver's not around。 ha。 This isn't my favorite Dickens but the ending makes it better when all the storylines converge。 。。。more

Kirill ，

a fairytale， naïve and romantic

Caleb ，

"Joy and grief were mingled in the cup; but there were no bitter tears: for even grief itself arose so softened， and clothed in such sweet and tender recollections， that it became a solemn pleasure， and lost all character of pain。" "Joy and grief were mingled in the cup; but there were no bitter tears: for even grief itself arose so softened， and clothed in such sweet and tender recollections， that it became a solemn pleasure， and lost all character of pain。" 。。。more

Nadia Zhuk ，

A masterpiece。 Absolutely loved it。 If you read just one novel by Dickens， read this one。

Marcela Burchin ，

Încă de la primele pagini povestea lui Oliver m-a captivat foarte tare， iar stilul lui Charles Dickens mi-a plăcut foarte mult， acesta fiind un adevarat maestru în arta scrierii。 I-am adorat fiecare descriere și fiecare rând， în special atunci când vocea naratorului， în mod normal persoana a III-a， intervenea cu comentarii sarcastice la adresa personajelor și a societății din acele vremuri。Oliver Twist este povestea personajului eponim， un orfan născut și crescut la azilul săracilor， ce duce o v Încă de la primele pagini povestea lui Oliver m-a captivat foarte tare， iar stilul lui Charles Dickens mi-a plăcut foarte mult， acesta fiind un adevarat maestru în arta scrierii。 I-am adorat fiecare descriere și fiecare rând， în special atunci când vocea naratorului， în mod normal persoana a III-a， intervenea cu comentarii sarcastice la adresa personajelor și a societății din acele vremuri。Oliver Twist este povestea personajului eponim， un orfan născut și crescut la azilul săracilor， ce duce o viață nefericită și lipsită de orice mângâiere ori vorbă bună， motiv pentru care， într-o zi， decide să fugă la Londra， în speranța că acolo își va putea face un trai mai bun。 Londra se dovedește însă a fi cu totul altceva decât avea el în minte și o mulțime de aventuri， mai mult sau mai puțin plăcute îl așteaptă în acest oraș。 În continuare povestea e plină de suspans， ceea ce m-a facut să citesc cartea cu sufletul la gură Recomand cartea cu mare incredere！Cu siguranță va fi una din cărțile preferate！ 。。。more

mai ，

te amo oliver， te amo demais。 <3

Pilarjazz ，

As much as I love Dickens， I must say I found it tiring。 Too much detail for events that are not truly relevant for the story， and the main plot solves in a few chapters without much explanation。

the bookish artist ，

2。5

Shaurya Shukla ，

This book might look a little boring to you at first， but if you understand the story fast， just quickly read the last parts， they are most adventurous and exciting parts。 But the story is tough to read， in the beginning and middle parts a little， but in the end， it is much more easy than reading the beginning and the middle parts。 A good book， but little tough to read， like all the books of Charles Dickens。

Josiah ，

Extremely vivid book。

Fr Adam Zettel ，

Fun book！ My friends critique Dickens for having caricatures for his characters， and although I agree and think even his descriptions are so excessively formal that it comes across as funny， I can't help but notice that it still lends itself well to touching on the deep reality of the human drama of pain， love， evil， and immorality， life and death。 I still think it doesn't quite compare to A Tale of two Cities。。。 but it was so enjoyable！ Fun book！ My friends critique Dickens for having caricatures for his characters， and although I agree and think even his descriptions are so excessively formal that it comes across as funny， I can't help but notice that it still lends itself well to touching on the deep reality of the human drama of pain， love， evil， and immorality， life and death。 I still think it doesn't quite compare to A Tale of two Cities。。。 but it was so enjoyable！ 。。。more

Henil Shah ，

Tooo long！ The end itself took me 10 days （though I'm very slow reader）。Too much detailing of unnecessary things and I guess what I've heard was that writers were paid according to words they wrote， so charles made sure he used more words in every possible way。However， the story is nice and the darkness is captured in nice manner Tooo long！ The end itself took me 10 days （though I'm very slow reader）。Too much detailing of unnecessary things and I guess what I've heard was that writers were paid according to words they wrote， so charles made sure he used more words in every possible way。However， the story is nice and the darkness is captured in nice manner 。。。more

Ralynn Le ，

*Read this for my 12th grade school assignment*Oliver Twist is a well-known classic that tells the story about an orphaned boy and his journey to finding a better life for himself。 Born in a factory， raised in an orphanage， and regularly being mistreated， Oliver finally runs away from the abusive environment he was in and runs away to London。 There， he goes through challenge to find a home and family that will take care of him instead of abusing him or taking advantage of him。 Personally， readin *Read this for my 12th grade school assignment*Oliver Twist is a well-known classic that tells the story about an orphaned boy and his journey to finding a better life for himself。 Born in a factory， raised in an orphanage， and regularly being mistreated， Oliver finally runs away from the abusive environment he was in and runs away to London。 There， he goes through challenge to find a home and family that will take care of him instead of abusing him or taking advantage of him。 Personally， reading Oliver Twist has been one roller coaster of a ride for me， but nonetheless I am glad that I have read this well-known classic。 I have always enjoyed reading， and reading books have been a long time hobby of mine since I was a kid。 That being said， reading Oliver Twist has been a bit difficult for me to read despite how reading is relatively easy for me。 One thing I want to note for those interested in reading the book is that Oliver Twist is set in the Victorian Era （late 1800s to early 1900s）， so expect the grammar and language to fit the time era。 For me， I had started the book assuming that the language and style of speech was going to be ambiguous and very proper considering the time era。 Rather than that， I had a difficult time deciphering the slangs and speech that most of the characters had used。 In the book， Oliver meets a gang and gets involved with the members， and throughout the book these members of the gang get a lot of dialogue。 These gang member's style of speech incorporates using an extensive amount of slang terms and chopped grammar， and found myself going back and trying to decipher what each character is saying throughout the book。 I wanted to make sure to point this out so future readers can be aware of this when they do read this book。 Please don't be discouraged about this！ I found this challenging but very manageable！I haven't watched the movie yet， but I always tend to read the books first before watching the film to compare and contrast， so I look forward to it。 Happy Readings！ 。。。more

Amy ，

I am a new Charles Dickens reader and， wow， this was so good！ Of course he was an amazing writer， but now I know HOW amazing he was。 The characters were so easy to get to know。。。 most I either HATED or LOVED。 I love Oliver soooo much！ I would definitely read this again。 I rarely give 5 stars， but Mr。 Dickens has earned all of my stars。 I can't wait to read more of his work。。。 I am a new Charles Dickens reader and， wow， this was so good！ Of course he was an amazing writer， but now I know HOW amazing he was。 The characters were so easy to get to know。。。 most I either HATED or LOVED。 I love Oliver soooo much！ I would definitely read this again。 I rarely give 5 stars， but Mr。 Dickens has earned all of my stars。 I can't wait to read more of his work。。。 。。。more

bianca ，

so。。。 i bought this book about 6 months ago having no idea how famous it is。 my history teacher mentioned it on a lesson and i thought it sounded cool and he's my favorite teacher so i decided to give it a chance。 again， i had no background for this， so i barely even knew who charles dickens was。 yeah， crazy。 and i had trouble getting into the book because of the language。 the closest piece of work in the sense of publishing date i've read to this is northanger abbey by jane austen。 and they ca so。。。 i bought this book about 6 months ago having no idea how famous it is。 my history teacher mentioned it on a lesson and i thought it sounded cool and he's my favorite teacher so i decided to give it a chance。 again， i had no background for this， so i barely even knew who charles dickens was。 yeah， crazy。 and i had trouble getting into the book because of the language。 the closest piece of work in the sense of publishing date i've read to this is northanger abbey by jane austen。 and they can't possibly be compared。 jane austen's writing is very smooth and classy？ and idk just very easy to read。 i understand that wasn't dickens's intension with this。 it's a rough story， and the last adjectives i would use to describe it are "smooth" and "classy"。 i just thought i'd mention it。 i LOVED the story at some points， and at others i just wanted to gloss my eyes over the pages because i couldn't comprehend what the fuck was happening。 i haven't read dozens of classics in my life， so i'm still getting used to them。 charles also uses a lot of slang and references that were relevant at the time， but， if i stopped reading it by stephen king at page 100 （i plan on giving it another chance， though） because there were too many 80's references i didn't understand， you can imagine my struggle with this。 but the parts i loved made up for it and i could finish reading this book after 3， 4 weeks of reading it？ idk。 but i did it。 and it was so worth it。 i was so dissapointed when dick （seriously？） died。 i was really rooting for him。 but i was so happy to know rose got the ending she deserved。 she and oliver and mrs。 bedwin are probably my favorite characters。 i laughed so hard at grimwig saying he would eat his own head， idk it was just so funny the way he said alongside anything that came out of his mouth。 and the absolute worst character was definitely sikes。 yeah fagin and monks were bad， but i hate sikes with every fiber in my being （and i'm a vegan， i have a lot of those）。 i actually liked nancy and it's awesome that dickens was talking about abusive relationships in 1838。 i can't say i wasn't relieved when sikes died （his dog didn't have to die， though。 that was unnecessary）。 i also loved chapter 32 i think it was， when oliver is getting acquainted with the country， because there are some beautiful nature descriptions， and i always love reading those。 i think that's it。 i'm giving the book 4 stars mostly because of the language i didn't undertand a lot of the time， but it was actually a very enjoyable book。 i'll probably be going back to this author eventually （although i want to finish my physical tbr before doing that）， so it's nice i found a new trusty author。 thanks， history teacher （his name's newton）！ 。。。more

Natalie Auman ，

Was a three star book until the last few chapters。 Then my mind was blown

N A ，

I dont rlly remember this book that well but i remember that i was literally obsessed with it and was forcing everyone to read it so im pretty sure its good cz its written by charles dickens so ofc its amazing🤓 so go read it

Elizabeth ，

I have no idea how to rate this book。 If I write a review， it would be a rant。 So I'm going to let it settle for a few days （and get over the gruesome murder at the end）。 Full review to come！ I have no idea how to rate this book。 If I write a review， it would be a rant。 So I'm going to let it settle for a few days （and get over the gruesome murder at the end）。 Full review to come！ 。。。more

Armin ，

So etwas wie die Ursuppe für den sozialen Roman in der rührseligen Ausprägung， Eugéne Sues Geheimnisse von Paris mit allerlei Nachklängen im Werk von Karl May， Wilhelm Raabes Stuttgarter Trilogie oder eben auch Gustav Freytags Soll und Haben mit Veitel Itzig als jüdischer Hassfigur sind Dickens erstem wirklichen Roman verpflichtet。Allein wegen der zahlreichen Bezüge lohnt es sich， den kompletten Roman noch mal zu lesen， obwohl der Grundplot durch Jugendbuchbearbeitung und zahlreiche Verfilmungen So etwas wie die Ursuppe für den sozialen Roman in der rührseligen Ausprägung， Eugéne Sues Geheimnisse von Paris mit allerlei Nachklängen im Werk von Karl May， Wilhelm Raabes Stuttgarter Trilogie oder eben auch Gustav Freytags Soll und Haben mit Veitel Itzig als jüdischer Hassfigur sind Dickens erstem wirklichen Roman verpflichtet。Allein wegen der zahlreichen Bezüge lohnt es sich， den kompletten Roman noch mal zu lesen， obwohl der Grundplot durch Jugendbuchbearbeitung und zahlreiche Verfilmungen hinreichend bekannt ist。 Zumindest die erste Hälfte， denn der Schwerpunkt liegt meist auf den Leiden des kleinen Waisenjungen， auch wenn der psychopathische Kriminelle mit dem Kontrollzwang seit den späten Achtzigern zum festen Repertoire in unzähligen Genre-Thrillern ebenso zum festen Bestandteil gehörte wie der Hanswurst im Theater des 18。Jahrhunderts。 Falls es einen Vorläufer für Sikes geben sollte， können sich echte Dickens-Auskenner gerne in der Kommentarfunktion zu Wort melden。 Mit dem Wissen um Sues Geheimnisse， die direkt in der Unterwelt mit einem Pärchen beginnen， das von Gewalt und Prostitution lebt， aber vom Autor allerlei Rettungsversuchen unterworfen wird， halte ich mich lieber an die Folgen und die Struktur des Romans， an der sich die Nachfolger leider nicht orientiert haben。Oliver Twist gestaltet vier Themenstränge: Das Schicksal des Waisenjungen， eine bitterböse Sozialsatire， Fagins Geschäftsbetrieb in der Unterwelt und die missbräuchliche Beziehung zwischen Sikes， seinem Hund und Nancy。 Die komischen Gegenstücke sind das kleinkriminelle Pärchen Noah und Charlotte， bzw。 die kaltherzigen Sozialverwalter Mister Bumble und seine spätere Gattin。 （view spoiler）[Letztere landen ja am Ende selbst in den Armenhäusern， denen sie einst vorgestanden haben。 Erstere verlegen sich nach dem folgenreichen Gastspiel in Fagins Bande auf Trickbetrug。 （hide spoiler）] Bei Dickens herrscht am Ende noch absolute Gerechtigkeit， das ideale Paar findet zusammen， Oliver bleibt immer Kind， weshalb er in der zweiten Hälfte erst nicht so recht ernst genommen wird und nur noch zur Abrechnung mit seinen Widersachern Monks und Fagin noch mal aus der Versenkung auftaucht。 Sicherlich die größte Enttäuschung für Leser， die auf Identifikation mit dem putzigen Kerlchen von Haupthelden fixiert sind。 Die Kinder bleiben in auch in Zukunft Dickens großes Kapital， immerhin lässt er sie später （David Copperfield， Große Erwartungen） erwachsen werden und durchaus mal hinter den Erwartungen zurück bleiben。In Sachen kindliche Perspektive oder Sichtweise eines Jünglings macht Stevenson da noch mal einen Riesensprung， wurde aber wohl nicht alt genug， um einem seiner Charaktere mehr als ein Abenteuer fürs Leben zu gönnen。Antisemitismus - Fagin und die FolgenAbschließend noch eine Bemerkung zum Thema Antisemitismus， die 257malige Bezeichnung des bösen Vaters Fagin als Der Jude， oft in rascher Aufeinanderfolge ist ein künstlerisches Armutszeugnis oder， erst mal wertfrei formuliert， ein Anfängerfehler。 Generell schreibt Dickens in seinem ersten echten Roman， der episodische Fressporno um die Landpartien des Pickwick-Clubs unterläuft alle seinerzeit gängigen Standards， längst nicht so visuell wie später und ist auch stilistisch streckenweise unbeholfen。 Abgesehen von der Besitzgier und der ziemlich spät eingeführten langen Nase bzw。 dem roten Haar， hält sich Dickens mit den typischen Kennzeichen oder Klischees ziemlich zurück。 Allerdings bleibt die Vorgeschichte mit prägenden Erfahrungen und der Weg ins Verbrechen absolut im Dunkeln。 Vielleicht sollen Monks und die Jungs um den Ganeff als jüngere Vertreter der Gattung entsprechende Stationen auf dem Weg zum Galgen bzw。 Chancen zur Umkehr darstellen。In Sachen Motivation， über aktuelle finanzielle Motive bzw。 Machtgelüste hinaus， bleibt Fagin ein ziemlich unbeschriebenes Blatt， die deutschen Nachfahren waren das deutlich gründlicher und produzieren dabei Gestalten， die viel eher dazu in der Lage sind， antisemitische Reaktionen beim anständigen Publikum zu provozieren。 Zumal beide als Freunde der Haupthelden eingeführt werden， die anfangs viel von deren Einsatz für das Gute und die Gerechtigkeit profitiert haben。 Raabes Moses Freudenstein entflieht nach zahlreichen Diskriminierungen von frühester Kindheit der Welt des Judentums und beschwatzt als katholischer Theologe allerlei ahnunglose Gören aus gutem Hause und lässt， sie fallen， sobald sie gründlich ruiniert sind。 Eine davon kann sein Jugendfreund und späterer Gegenspieler Hans Unwirrsch immerhin retten， einer anderen， die an seiner Küste Schiffbruch erleidet， kann der Hungerpastor nur noch die letzte Beichte abnehmen und frühere böse Launen gegenüber dem armen Hauslehrer vergeben。Raabes Romane sind oft höchst eigenwillige Reaktionen auf die Erfolgsbücher anderer Autoren， in diesem Fall Gustav Freytags Soll und Haben， der als Geschichte eines traditionsreichen Handelshauses auch an den späteren Dickens und dessen Gestaltung wirtschaftlicher Zusammenhänge anknüpft。 Auch wenn es später auf einem Rittergut im Polnischen bei der Verteidigung gegen die Eingeborenen zu Wildwest-ähnlichen Zuständen kommen wird。Das Rittergut im wilden Osten ist das einzige， was der gräflichen Familie nach dem durch Veitel Itzig verursachten Ruin noch geblieben ist。 Itzig war noch im Dritten Reich， das auch Raabes Hungerpastor den nächsten Frühling bescheren sollte， die jüdische Hassfigur schlechthin。Mit dem Haupthelden Anton Wohlfahrt beginnt Veitel eine Lehre in dem angesehenen Handelshaus und hat zunächst unter Diskriminierungen aufgrund seiner Herkunft zu leiden， ehe er Mittel und Wege findet， sich zu rächen und dabei reich zu werden。 An den Galgen kommen übrigens weder Moses Freudenstein noch Veitel Itzig， so viel Sinn für Realismus haben die deutschen Zunftgenossen von Dickens immerhin。 Allerdings begehen ihre Schurken auch Schandtaten， auf denen nicht die Todesstrafe steht， Weiße-Kragen-Kriminalität， so nannte man das jedenfalls noch vor kurzer Zeit。Bis zu den antisemitischen Hassgestalten eines Artur Dinter （Die Sünde wider das Blut） sind es zwar eher noch zwei bis drei Schritte， aber in der deutschen Literatur lässt sich da durchaus eine Entwicklung erkennen， über die Härte eines Fagin， die vielleicht auch auf generell mangelnde Tiefe bei Dickens Personal zurück geht， verfügen sämtliche jüdischen Bösewichte aus deutscher Feder nicht， es sind eben böse Wichte und keine großartigen Schurken。 。。。more

Conor Hilton ，

A delightful， surprising ride！ I love Dickens， but had somehow never read this one until now。 It's quite fun。 The characters are hilarious， the prose is lively and witty， and the narrative is long and winding and convoluted complete with wild last-minute revelations （just like you'd expect from a classic 19th century novel haha）。 A delightful， surprising ride！ I love Dickens， but had somehow never read this one until now。 It's quite fun。 The characters are hilarious， the prose is lively and witty， and the narrative is long and winding and convoluted complete with wild last-minute revelations （just like you'd expect from a classic 19th century novel haha）。 。。。more

Daria ，

3。4

Karisa ，

Okay Dickens， I’ve got just one gripe: your stories are WAY too sad！ Shocking and sad。 I’m relieved that things ended up okay for sweet Oliver， but next time please add a few more bright spots along the journey。

Sarah Delling ，

This is a difficult book。。not to read but to figure out weather you liked it or not。I remember when I was around 7 or even 9 I went to the theater with my grandma，that time I didn't even know what we where about to see，all I knew was the play started of with the name Oliver。At the end of the play I was in tears;after a couple of years I had totally forgot about that play，until I did my research up on classics that's where I found Oliver Twist so sentimental。。。I somehow remembered bits of it。ther This is a difficult book。。not to read but to figure out weather you liked it or not。I remember when I was around 7 or even 9 I went to the theater with my grandma，that time I didn't even know what we where about to see，all I knew was the play started of with the name Oliver。At the end of the play I was in tears;after a couple of years I had totally forgot about that play，until I did my research up on classics that's where I found Oliver Twist so sentimental。。。I somehow remembered bits of it。therefore I decided to read it。Yes indeed it was the same from the play I had watched 6 years ago。And yes I did cry while reading the books too。Yet I did not like the storyline or to say biography。I would still recommend this book because it's a classic and the writing is so well used and descriptive。I like the choose of vocabularies and the way Charles could describe the characters clothes，face expression-including emotions。That's what makes it so confusing;for me to find it either good or bad。 。。。more

Chelsea ，

Rounded down from 3。5 stars。 Oliver Twist was a strange book for me。 I loved the first 100 pages， and I enjoyed the last 150 pages， but the 200 in between were a struggle。 It started off strong， the writing style and slightly dark satire were exactly to my taste。 I became invested in Oliver and was eager to see what was going to happen。 And then around 100 pages in， it kind of lost it's charm。 I can't really place what it was specifically， but it started to feel like a totally different book to Rounded down from 3。5 stars。 Oliver Twist was a strange book for me。 I loved the first 100 pages， and I enjoyed the last 150 pages， but the 200 in between were a struggle。 It started off strong， the writing style and slightly dark satire were exactly to my taste。 I became invested in Oliver and was eager to see what was going to happen。 And then around 100 pages in， it kind of lost it's charm。 I can't really place what it was specifically， but it started to feel like a totally different book to the one I had started。 I found the events and twists boring， if a little infuriating， and the hints towards Oliver's true parentage weren't that subtle （though I admit I don't know that they were supposed to be）。 I also felt that Oliver himself didn't really have much of a personality？Somewhere around the middle Oliver stopped feeling like the main character - Nancy， Sikes， and even Noah Claypole all had there share of the spotlight。 I can completely understand some of the scenes with these characters， as they were necessary to the plot and I felt kept up the context and overall world view within the book。 But at some point， again I can't place this exactly （though maybe I could after a re-read！）， these side stories took over and I felt that too much time was spent with them。 Most of the scenes with Morris Bolter （not a spoiler！） felt irrelevant。 And then suddenly， in the last 150 pages， it picked up。 I was invested again， Oliver wasn't always in the chapters but he was the main topic of conversation between those who were， and many things came to a head - albeit whilst still feeling like a different book to when I started it。 I have seen some people saying that the end doesn't make sense compared with the information at the start of the book， but honestly it took me so long to get through that middle section that any details from the start had been long forgotten。 So in the end I enjoyed Oliver Twist （though I wouldn't recommend it as the first Dickens book you read， which it was for me！）， and I will probably re-read it in a few years。 Maybe now I know the storyline the middle part will hold more enjoyment。 。。。more

Cecilia Fazzio ，

Eu li o romance enquanto participava de uma leitura coletiva via Instagram （@literaturainglesabr）。 Foi demais。 O romance em si traz muito da época， sua cultura e a maneira como os ingleses tratavam os pobres， órfãos e doentes， além de ser uma séria crítica à injustiça e desigualdade social。 O romance teve seu formato de livro muito tempo depois。 Na época em que foi escrito， tinha sua impressão semanal em folhetos que até mesmo a Rainha Vitória lia。 Incrível， não？Vale a pena！

Reference

google book https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&q=Oliver Twist

hathitrust digital library https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/ls?q1=Oliver Twist&field1=ocr&a=srchls&ft=ft&lmt=ft

The British Library https://bll01.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?query=any,contains,Oliver Twist&tab=LibraryCatalog&search_scope=Not_BL_Suppress&vid=44BL_INST:BLL01&lang=en&offset=0