Oliver Twist, Chp. 5 - 8

[Alissa]

John wrote: "One brief comment: I find the Sowerberry appellation to be counter-intuitive to what I am used to with Dickens' naming.

Perhaps I am not reading "sower" as "sour." I was half expecting to greet an..."

I found that name curious too. I think it means "sower" like someone who puts seeds in the ground. A darkly humorous way to describe the profession of burying bodies.

[Peter]

Tristram wrote: "Xan Shadowflutter wrote: "Good point about the fence, Peter."

And now we know why Dickens was climbing that fence in the photo that one of you posted here one day, He was making a sly reference to..."

Tristram

Ah, you remember that rather sporty picture of Dickens as well. The pic looked so, well, different.

[Peter]

Kim wrote: "Oliver introduced to the respectable Old Gentleman

Chapter 8

George Cruikshank

Text Illustrated:

Oliver, groping his way with one hand, and having the other firmly grasped by his companion, asc..."

What an interesting illustration, especially when we zoom in on the “picture” on the wall. Three people hanging. Why? Is it a rather emblematic touch such as Phiz was later to incorporate so effectively in his illustrations within Dickens’s novels? What could have Dickens told Cruikshank about the arc of the entire novel?

So many questions. How valuable the illustrations are within the novel.

[Kim]

Tristram wrote: "Xan Shadowflutter wrote: "Good point about the fence, Peter."

And now we know why Dickens was climbing that fence in the photo that one of you posted here one day, He was making a sly reference to..."

[Peter]

Kim wrote: "Tristram wrote: "Xan Shadowflutter wrote: "Good point about the fence, Peter."

And now we know why Dickens was climbing that fence in the photo that one of you posted here one day, He was making a..."

I love this picture! Is that a gate to the left of Dickens with the horizontal fencing, and, if so, why was Dickens climbing over the fence when he could have gone through the gate?

Just wondering ... :-))

[Tristram]

I do love that picture!

[Kim]

I don't know Peter, not yet anyway. I cannot find where I found that picture in the first place. Perhaps when and if I find that place there will be more information.