COURSE OF THE FOREIGN LITERATURE

Charles Dickens. "The Adventures of Oliver Twist"

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Seminal for its unfiltered portrayal of the harsh treatment which orphans faced in England at the time, Oliver Twist is the story of the titular young orphan: his childhood in a workhouse, his subsequent apprenticeship with an undertaker, his escape to London, and finally his acquaintance with the Artful Dodger and the ring of adolescent pickpockets of which the Dodger is a part.

The novel serves as an effective social commentary, making clear Dickens’ feelings about child labor.

“Among other public buildings in a certain town, which for many reasons it will be prudent to refrain from mentioning, and to which I will assign no fictitious name, there is one anciently common to most towns, great or small: to wit, a workhouse; and in this workhouse was born; on a day and date which I need not trouble myself to repeat, inasmuch as it can be of no possible consequence to the reader, in this stage of the business at all events; the item of mortality whose name is prefixed to the head of this chapter…”

Charles Dickens, 1837–1839.  

The book can be read here: www.freeclassicebooks.com/Charles%20Dickens/Oliver%20Twist.pdf

Date: March 5, Monday

Time: 6 p.m.

Group: B-3 (2)

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