The way he will corrupt the innocent to further his means - His total lack of conscience if it of benefit to him. The self-preservation-at-all-costs mentality. Which character – as performed by Simon Vance – was your favourite?įagin - I thought his Fagin sounded like the Fagin that has always been in my mind. Most of Dickens books, but maybe David Copperfield the most. What other book might you compare Oliver Twist to, and why? Re-hearing the parts of the story I had forgotten and remembering the horror of the whole thing What made the experience of listening to Oliver Twist the most enjoyable? In the end I like this one better than Great Expectations for the depth of the storyline and characters.Īs captivating and as jaw dropping as always He wouldn’t have been shot, thrown threw a window or kept as a slave before the truth was told. If someone had done that then young Mister Oliver would have had a very different life. We see how his life goes from being simple to complex by a series of unfortunate situations or misinterpreted, misrepresented facts and situations. Here we meet young Oliver Twist who by chance or fate was named such. I like a great story with intricate characters and storyline. He didn’t skip the smallest detail or the simplest mistake with the characters or story line. Here Charles Dickens went beyond simply writing a story, he made us love the characters. I’ve been part of the junior authors guild when I was in school, so I know how hard it is to write a book. The story itself is very in depth with the characters and their inter dependency on each other. Let’s face it library’s back then weren’t worth mentioning. Look at the research that goes into a story and realize he did it with the use of the Internet or any means of central research at all. Based on the time it was amazing that he came up with it at all. He saw some orphans being mistreated and came up with this story. It is said that Charles Dickens used to walk the streets of London at night because he couldn’t sleep. I had to resist looking up the story line online and it was worth it. So, I decided because it was on sale with Audible that I’d grab it. I’ve seen many movies based on this book and never got the full story.
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