A review of Oliver Twist
A review of Charles Dickens` "Oliver Twist"· Published by (this edition): Penguin BooksThis story takes place in the streets of London, in a small town not mentioned by name, and in a holiday-house in the countryside at some distance away from London in the first half of the 19th century. Characters worth mentioning are: Oliver Twist (the main character)- a young boy with a big heart who is born into poverty, Fagin- a middle-aged jew who makes a living as a thief, Mr. Brownlow- an extremely kind middle-aged man whose occupation is not mentioned, and Mrs. Maylie- an unbelievably warm and kind-hearted old woman who is probably in possession of quite a large amount of money. The theme of the story may be "the result of poverty in our society". The story starts in a workhouse in a town not menti
The end of the novel is sort of a "happily ever after"-ending. and was composing myself off to sleep. " But the story is written in such an excellent manner that one always get the comprehension of what is going on, even though one may not understand a word or two. One meets people in different occations and surroundings and sees them from different points of view all through the story. The actual plot may be a bit extraordinary, but it tells a story, which under the circumstances within the novel probably could take place. The description of the different milieus (especially the poor conditions of the thieves` environment and their way of surviving in the streets) are extremely precise, acurate and very easy to visually imagine. However the odds of finding such prototypical good/bad people such as the ones in this novel are not very good. Oliver reunites with his first saviour from poverty, Mr. This is probably a result of his own experiences, having had a childhood of extreme poverty in London.
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