Oliver Twist in Never too Late to Read Classics

Oct 12, 2021 Tom Britz rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I rate this probably a 4.5 stars. It was Charles Dickens second novel length fiction, but in my mind his first actual novel. Pickwick Papers was a fun read, but seemed to me to be a mish mash of short stories blended into a single narrative. I have heard that this was Dickens worst novel. I've also heard that it is his most famous novel. I found it to be an enjoyable read.
Little Oliver seemed to be born with a broken mirror for a good luck charm. His innocence and good spirit carried him throug ...more

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Nov 11, 2021 Kelly_Hunsaker_reads ... rated it really liked it

Shelves: 1001-books, british, classics, read-in-2021, vic-lit, coming-of-age, 60-before-60

Like everything else that I have read by Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist is full of wit, wisdom, humor and charming wordplay.

What I Loved:
1. Dickens' prose.
2. The wonderful characters -- especially some of those with the smallest roles.

What I Liked:
1. The sweetness of Oliver.
2. The bit of mystery in the story.

What I Didn't Like:
1. The predictability of the ending, which was too perfectly wrapped up in a bow.

What I Hated:
1. This book is Anti-Semitic. ...more

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Mar 14, 2008 Laura rated it liked it

Shelves: 1001-books-you-must-read-before-you, british-literature, fiction-19th-century, victorians, classics, children-ya

Oliver Twist, in full Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy’s Progress, novel by Charles Dickens, published serially under the pseudonym “Boz” from 1837 to 1839 in Bentley’s Miscellany and in a three-volume book in 1838. The novel was the first of the author’s works to realistically depict the impoverished London underworld and to illustrate his belief that poverty leads to crime.

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