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Oliver Twist (Norton Critical Editions) - Community Reviews back

by Charles Dickens, Fred Kaplan
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Roro is reading
Roro is reading rated it 13 years ago
does not a review acksually , its a classic ,there are tons of reviews out therehere are my toughs liked oliver,felt sorry 4 him that he had such a horrible lifehis mom died you know couple minutes after his birth , glad the last chapter if i'm correct was her story , who she was and ended when she ...
shenmi meiren
shenmi meiren rated it 13 years ago
What can I say? It's a classic, after all ;)
UNICORN PORN FOR ALL
UNICORN PORN FOR ALL rated it 13 years ago
First of all, Oliver Twist is a hateful book. Dickens has created in Fagin an embodiment of bigotry; a leering, black-nailed, money-grubbing Jew who's nearly always referred to as The Jew, as though Dickens wasn't sure we'd get it. Fagin is the most memorable character in Oliver Twist, and he's inex...
gurjeetkaur
gurjeetkaur rated it 14 years ago
My First novel !!!! I love this book...Charles Dickens is wonderful !!
riley
riley rated it 14 years ago
I "read" this in high school. I must have skimmed it as I didn't remember it being so funny. Full of social comment, much of which can sort of translate to our time. Definitely easier to take than a lot of 19th century social comment if only because it is often laugh out loud funny. But like s...
Elham
Elham rated it 14 years ago
. با وجود اینکه فیلمشو دیدیم یا کارتونشو، ولی خوندن کتابش یه چیز دیگس. چالز دیکنز، قرن نوزدهم، انگلستان، فقرو تو سری، نوانخانه، گرسنگی و درد، الان رسیدم به اونجایی که مرد یهودی اولیورو مجبور می کنه جیب بری یاد بگیره ولی نمی تونه و افسر پلیس، آقای فانک، مجازاتش می کنه. وقتی داستانشو نقد می کنند، به...
Edward
Edward rated it 14 years ago
List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsA Dickens ChronologyIntroductionFurther ReadingA Note on the Text--Oliver TwistAppendix A: The Author's Introduction to the Third Edition (1841)Appendix B: Preface to the 'Cheap Edition' (1850)Appendix C: Glossary of Thieves' Cant and Slang and Some Unusual Words...
Edward
Edward rated it 14 years ago
List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsA Dickens ChronologyIntroductionFurther ReadingA Note on the Text--Oliver TwistAppendix A: The Author's Introduction to the Third Edition (1841)Appendix B: Preface to the 'Cheap Edition' (1850)Appendix C: Glossary of Thieves' Cant and Slang and Some Unusual Words...
I'm Reading...
I'm Reading... rated it 14 years ago
Other thoughts/reviews:Truly Bookish: http://trulybookish.blogspot.be/2012/08/book-review-oliver-twist.htmlAchille Van den Branden (in Dutch): http://www.achillevandenbranden.net/2012/11/olivier-twist-charles-dickens/
ACrazyNightOwl
ACrazyNightOwl rated it 14 years ago
dickens you are wayyy too discriptive xD
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