Oliver Twist (Dover Thrift Editions) by Charles Dickens (Epub)

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Starved and mistreated, empty bowl in hand, the young hero musters the courage to approach his master, saying, “Please, sir, I want some more.” Oliver Twist’s famous cry of the heart has resounded with readers since the novel’s initial appearance in 1837, and the book remains a popular favorite with fans of all ages.

Dickens was no stranger to the pain of hunger and the degradation of poverty. He poured his own youthful experience of Victorian London’s unspeakable squalor into this realistic depiction of the link between destitution and crime. Oliver escapes his miserable servitude by running away to London, where he unwillingly but inevitably joins a scabrous gang of thieves. Masterminded by the loathsome Fagin, the underworld crew features some of Dickens’ most memorable characters, including the juvenile pickpocket known as the Artful Dodger, the vicious Bill Sikes, and gentle Nancy, an angel of self-sacrifice.
A profound social critic, Dickens introduced genteel readers to the problems of the poor in a way that had rarely been attempted before. This tale of the struggle between hope and cruelty continues to speak to modern audiences.

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From the Inside Flap Starved and mistreated, empty bowl in hand, the young hero musters the courage to approach his master, saying, Please, sir, I want some more. Oliver Twist’s famous cry of the heart has resounded with readers since the novel’s initial appearance in 1837, and the book remains a popular favorite with fans of all ages.Dickens was no stranger to the pain of hunger and the degradation of poverty. He poured his own youthful experience of Victorian London’s unspeakable squalor into this realistic depiction of the link between destitution and crime. Oliver escapes his miserable servitude by running away to London, where he unwillingly but inevitably joins a scabrous gang of thieves. Masterminded by the loathsome Fagin, the underworld crew features some of Dickens’ most memorable characters, including the juvenile pickpocket known as the Artful Dodger, the vicious Bill Sikes, and gentle Nancy, an angel of self-sacrifice.A profound social critic, Dickens introduced genteel readers to the problems of the poor in a way that had rarely been attempted before. This tale of the struggle between hope and cruelty continues to speak to modern audiences.

Reviews from Amazon users, collected at the time the book is getting published on UniedVRG. It can be related to shiping or paper quality instead of the book content:

⭐ I tried to read this edition for a few chapters thinking that Dickens was just writing in some weird London dialect. By the beginning of chapter 3 it became apparent that this book was translated from another language, apparently using Google translate. The first photo is the edition I’m rating, whereas the second is the Amazon edition. The only reason there would be nonsense synonyms in the blue highlighted section is because it was translated from a non-English edition.I attempted to return this book but it seems to be outside Amazon’s timeframe. I would still like to return this book without refund because the edition should be pulled from Amazon’s digital shelves.

⭐ If my kids don’t like what’s on the table, I simply point out that Oliver Twist would eat the whole thing, ask for more, and get it without so much as a thought about assault by soup ladle. So far it hasn’t worked, but I’m thinking that a more immersive old-timey London experience might do the trick. Therefore, I’ve started a chimney sweeping business to make use of their tiny stature and instill some of that good old fashioned work ethic and gratitude.Please sir, may I have some more.

⭐ Kindle editionIs written like this with lots of words on one line thentwo wordson next line then on and on and on making it difficult to readI wouldNot buy this again and I wish I could get my money back.

⭐ Read this aloud to low-performing fifth graders in an afterschool academic intervention class. They loved it, shared it with others, read it on their own, and were ready to read other Illustrated Classics from our shelves. Some argue that those who read these simpler versions will never read the original books. This may be true, but not necessarily. What I noticed, besides the cheers for our receipt of this additional copy was how surprised and thrilled the students were when they noticed allusions in other books to lines such as, “Please, sir, may I have more?” and similar character names used in other books for kids. What I really DON’T like in these books is the illustrator! The drawings are crude woodcuts. Why? Anyway, the student were amused that I didn’t like them, and they therefore felt free to express their opinions about Oliver Twist. Every one of them looked forward to hearing the next chapter, groaned over every new cliffhanger, and hoped to get a copy in their own hands.

⭐ It is a well constructed tale literally wise. It gives insight in the common speech and language of the English People in Dicken’s time. It brings to remembrance words I have not heard for several years. I started reading Dickens after reading an article about his works being dropped from College Courses as they were too complicated for modern readers. I did not find them complicated but very refreshing reading and much above a lot of the garbage of modern writers.

⭐ Have not read this 18th century tome in a long while but still it brings back all the overly sweet disposition of young Oliver and the dastardly machinations of Fagin and his crowd. The book is full of middle English phrases that leave the reader wondering what on earth Mr Dickens wanted to say. Words such as Cupidity and Opprobrious will have us running to the dictionary time and again. Mr Dickens loves to draw out attention to the nastiest parts of old England where the theft of a crust of bread could have you thrown into a workhouse, or worse. Also every paragraph seems find someone in tears…years of joy, sorrow, remembrance or some stay thought will bring about the breaking of the waterworks. But it’s a classic read everyone needs to experience. I find it humorous that the language of the lowlife , and all the other characters ( for the most part) sounds more like Harvard English majors having a discussion…so very formal. Oliver Twist….. nice kid but easily seduced.

⭐ Dickens ability to weave complex stories through the compilation of myriad words available in the English language is what elevates his work to that of classic literature. The plight of Oliver Twist is as vivid as Cinemax with Dolby sound yet is accomplished without any of the electronics and written, no doubt, longhand with paper and pen by candlelight. He captures a time and place in history not only as a reporter but as a time capsule containing it. I’m so pleased that these works of art are preserved and re presented in our most modern digital format. Better to be Kindleized and preserved for the modern reader than memorialized on the back shelves of print museums. The Audible version is extremely well done as well and the two works together provide the reader with a full and sensuous experience.

⭐ I haven’t actually had the time to read Oliver Twist, but I’ve heard this Dickens fellow is a pretty decent writer. And folks have thought highly enough of this work to convert it into plays and movies, so there is that. I have recently read Great Expectations by the same author, and he does seem to have a way with words, characters and plot. So I’m guessing that Oliver Twist is probably a very good read, and I look forward to getting to it. Another reason to give the novel an excellent review is the Kindle price, which if I recall, was 99 cents. At that price, even waifs like Oliver Twist could afford to give it a read.

⭐ Poor Oliver Twist has quite a tough life in the beginning. He is an orphan who is brought up in one bad home after another with pretty much no love at all. Like Harry Potter and many other sympathetic characters, Oliver’s youth is not one to be envied. The tale primarily deals with his early life for the first half until he is drawn in with a band of criminals and makes a few friends and meets a few good people along the way until befalling a near tragedy. The second half of the book is more about the other characters involved in his saga.Oliver Twist starts off very down and gloomy in many parts and while that scenery doesn’t change, the tone definitely does toward the end. It is worth reading for sure and another tome in the classics of Charles Dickens. This version contains some illustrations as well which were very well done and appropriate.

⭐ I’ve always loved the story of Oliver Twist-now I finally have an illustrated copy I’m even happier. This book is an unabridged copy and is searchable-a great feature. The cover has a picture of Oliver, all ragged with his little bundle. The table of contents takes you to Charles Dickens’ preface, which is well worth reading, and to any chapter in the book. Alas, it does not take you to any of the illustrations, but they are beautifully rendered and very clear. I have the most basic Kindle and I have no trouble seeing all of the detail in the illustrations. The chapter headings list not only the number of the chapter, but the brief description Dickens wrote for each chapter, so that if you want to find a particular spot-say, when Oliver runs away to London, you can see that Chapter VIII has the summary “Oliver walks to London. He encounters on the road a strange sort of young gentleman.” This makes it very easy to go to any part of the book you want to read.Warning: SPOILERS!!!!The story is one of a poor orphan boy, sold to an undertaker and abused until he runs away to London. He falls in with thieves and through a strange twist of fate is rescued by the man who was his father’s best friend. It’s a long story, filled with reversals of fortune and amazing coincidences, and although it has a happy ending, there is some genuine tragedy. It’s a very sad scene when Oliver returns to the orphanage to get his best friend, Dick, who saw him off on his journey to London, only to find that Dick has died of untreated sickness. The prostitute, Nancy, has all the attributes of a character in a Greek tragedy-you desperately want her to leave the streets and her brutal boyfriend, Bill Sikes, and when she refuses to go, you have a sinking feeling that she isn’t going to last much longer. When he beats her to death in their little room, it’s a gruesome scene, but not a surprising one. The only relief from Fagin’s gang comes from Charley, who reforms and leaves London to become a grazier.A word about Fagin-some might find the constant description of him as “the Jew” offensive. It is not meant as a pejorative, but rather as a handy label to define the arch-criminal. While it is true that Fagin is constantly described as a Jew and is one of the most repulsive Jewish characters in literature, it was not Dickens’ intent to cast slurs upon Jewish people. He wrote in good faith and was troubled later, after becoming friends with Eliza Davis, the wife of the Jewish banker he sold his London house to, by the way he had portrayed Fagin. Eliza wrote to him in 1863 that she considered the way Dickens had portrayed Fagin a great wrong to the Jewish people. Dickens started to revise Oliver Twist, removing over 180 instances of the word “Jew” from the first edition text. He also ommitted sterotypical caricature from his public readings of Oliver Twist and a contemporary report noted, “There is no nasal intonation; a bent back but no shoulder-shrug: the conventional attributes are omitted.” Dickens was finally able to write to Eliza, “There is nothing but good will left between me and a People for whom I have a real regard and to whom I would not willfully have given an offence.” Fagin might still give offense to those looking for it, but personally I have always seen him as an example of a bad man, not a Jewish man, and I believe that is how Dickens meant to portray him.

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