Review of "Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist" on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Very classical. I read the original English version as native German speaker...
Hardcover, 427 pages
English language
Published May 14, 1992 by Alfred A. Knopf.
4 stars
(41 reviews)
ONE OF THE MOST SWIFTLY MOVING AND unified of Charles Dickens's great novels, Oliver Twist is also famous for its re-creation—through the splendidly realized figures of Fagin, Nancy, the Artful Dodger, and the evil Bill Sikes— of the vast London underworld of pickpockets, thieves, prostitutes, and abandoned children. Victorian critics took Dickens to task for render- ing this world in such a compelling, believable way, but readers over the last 150 years have delivered an alternative judgment by making this story of the orphaned Oliver Twist one of its author's most loved works.
This edition reprints the original Everyman's introduction by G. K. Chesterton and includes twenty-four illustrations by George Cruikshank.
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.
Subjects
- Kidnapping victims -- Fiction.
- Criminals -- Fiction.
- Orphans -- Fiction.
- London (England) -- Fiction.