Review of "Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist" on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Very classical. I read the original English version as native German speaker...
Paperback, 557 pages
English language
Published Sept. 14, 1969 by Scholastic Book Services.
Oliver Twist
4 stars
(41 reviews)
For a half-starved orphan boy, horror lurks in the dark slums of London. Pickpockets, hags, and murderers slink through twisted alleyways. Be. hind stand bleak workhouses, prison, and the looming gallows.
In this great masterpiece, Dickens depicts the brutal underworld—and the nightmare of a boy trapped in crime.
The award-winning movie-musical, Oliver!, is based on this famous novel.
markm reviewed Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist by Geoffrey Tillotson
Review of "Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist" on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
I don't consider myself an especially sensitive person, I grew up in a Gentile neighborhood so I've heard it all forever, and I knew ahead of time about Dicken's bigotry and who Fagin was, but I was surprised to be so put off. After a while, I felt like things would be going along OK and then I would be slapped in the face. So here are two stars, don't spend them all in one place.
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I think I've selected the wrong edition. I read the Norton Critical Edition and the included essays are very good.
Review of "Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist" on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Over all, I thought this was an alright book. I will say though that I've got to be in the mood for Dickens. There was a lot of conversation in the book, and at the beginning I thought Oliver cried a whole heck of a lot. The story was pretty good though, and it did have a happy ending.
