Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens Reviews

This is of course the classic tale of the orphan boy who asked for more. Oliver Twist is born and raised in a workhouse but is thrust out into the world when he is forced to run away to save his life. He ends up on the streets of London where he meets a host of villians who inhabit the underbelly of the filthy city; Fagin, the jew, who presides ...  Read the complete review

Shocking to say, but I only read Oliver Twist for the first time this year. I am a great fan of the works of Charles Dickens, but I think I felt I knew this one too well, with all of the versions of it I had seen on television and movies (including the cringe inducing "OLIVER!") and felt that I could never justify reading it to myself. ...  Read the complete review

***This review contains spoilers*** Oliver Twist is the second novel published by Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers being his first. Like many novels of the day it was released in serial form; with monthly instalments in Bentley's Miscellany, it was then printed as a novel in 1838. Oliver is a young boy being raised in ...  Read the complete review

Who can forget the immortal words "Please Sir, I want some more".......... I wonder if there is anybody who wouldn't be able to give the name of the poor urchin who uttered those words. Oliver Twist and the author, Charles Dickens are known to lovers of classics worldwide and the story has been portrayed in countless ...  Read the complete review

Oliver Twist has always been my favourite Dickens novel. It has been televised, made in a musical, stage shoe, etc which has enhanced its popularity but how many people have actually taken the trouble to read it? (Of their own free will I mean, not forced reading as so often happened in schools.) This novel is a the story of Oliver Twist ...  Read the complete review

I could not help but to see a televised or staged version of Oliver Twist before I read the novel, but I was just as taken with the novel as I was with the films and stage versions that I had seen. Dickens creates a very dark atmosphere and the whole novel is very gloomy and claustrophobic. The story is based around many of the saddest ...  Read the complete review

I personally think that we do not pay enough attention to the classics. There are a lot of great modern authors, but classics can teach a lot as well as giving enjoyment. Oliver twist is the well known story of an orphan who is brought up in an orphanage. Do not expect the tales about his mother or a lot of the additional bits which have been ...  Read the complete review