Oliver Twist
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'The power of Dickens is so amazing, that the reader at once becomes his captive' WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY
The story of the orphan Oliver, who runs away from the workhouse to be taken in by a den of thieves, shocked readers with its depiction of a dark criminal underworld peopled…
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As a young kid reading Dickens for the first time I was mesmerised by this journey into the underworld of Victorian London. I would go on my own imaginary adventures with the Artful Dodger and his gang of thieving street urchins. Years later, when writing my own book about modern street gang members I had the same sense of going on a thrilling journey of discovery and escapades.
From Tim's list on how street gangs develop and why they fall apart.
It would be impossible for me to recommend books that venture to the dark side of Victorian life and not name a Dickens novel. This is a writer who lived, worked, and immersed himself in the time about which he writes, a contemporary who we can still (thank goodness!) read today. To read Oliver Twist is like receiving a commentary on what Dickens experienced, saw, and heard about almost 200 years on.
The writing, of course, is exemplary but it is more than that which affects me whenever I read this book – it is the sadness of the children,…
From Rachel's list on venture into the darker side of Victorian life.
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