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Oliver Twist (Great Illustrated Classics)

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The book I read is Oliver Twist. Oliver Twist is about an orphan boy whose mother died when he was born. When Oliver was growing up he had a very though life. Oliver was very bad he was so bad that he had to live in many different orphan homes because he was so bad. When he was living at his most recent home they were eating dinner when he finished for more and all of the boys looked at Oliver crazy. The consequences for asking for seconds were that Oliver had to go to court. After Oliver's trail he had to move into another orphan house. He had only been in the new house for only about two days he got tired of staying there and ran away from London. On his way there he ran into a couple of boys who were pick pocketing men in the town. When Oliver ran into one of the boys he asked him if he need a place to stay and have food. The boys thought Oliver how to pick pocket some one, when Oliver went on his first mission he got caught and they called the cops. Oliver ran away and met into a family named the Bronlows. Oliver started staying with the Bronlows so the cops wouldn't catch him. A sweet little lady named Nancy saved Oliver's life, he saved Oliver's life she died for Oliver's life.
The character is Oliver. Oliver is a poor little boy who lives with ten other boys in an orphan house. Oliver is a very kind hearted boy. He's really soft spoken. He's shy when he wants something or is asking for something.
The conflict in the story is Oliver's trying not to get killed by Sikes. Sikes will kill Oliver if Oliver tells the Bronlows about how he's in a gang. If Oliver tells the Bronlows he'll get hung and choked to death, and get stabbed.
They solved the conflict by Nancy standing up for Oliver and using her life to save Oliver's life. What Nancy told Sikes was that she told the Bronlows that Oliver was in a gang just for that her life was sacrificed for the sake of Oliver's life to show how much she cared for him.
I would recommend this book to anybody who likes to read. I wouldn't recommend this book if you don't like to read but it's for a fifth grade reading level and up, but anybody can read it. My opinion of this book is pretty book it's really a great book it doesn't take that long to read. I would rate this book a 9 on a scale 1-10. I gave it a nine because the ending wasn't what I had expected it to be.

Never reading the original, I could not really say how much of the whole story this book actually contained. It was printed on cheap paper, has bad illustrations but is a good reader for younger kids. The story is greatly shortened, I think and unless you buy it cheap somewhere, (like Amazon.com!) you won't get worth your while.
Enjoy anyway!

I really like this book because it is really cool.Charles Dickenson was trying to using the fellings;laughter,sadness,and madness.When I started reading it I became like I was the book and the book was me.If I had a choose would read it again,but not this one.

i loved this book so much! i recamend it for everyone!

"Oliver Twist" is the first full lenght novel Charles Dickens wrote. It was first puplished in a magazine as a continuing serial novel, but soon found it's way to a publisher as a complete work in 1837. Dickens is one of those authors, who've lost their respect, the more time has passed. I can, in a way, understand why, as I've read this novel.

It tells us a story about a ten year old orphan boy, who, after many coincidences, gets involved with the underworld of London.

The story is almost nonexistant, as ridiculous coincidences carry Oliver through the uncomplicated plot, and totally useles and two-dimencional characters occupy as useles individual storylines that lead to nowhere, as the only truly interesting character ins Nancy, a prostitute trying to get away from the captivating claws of organized crime. A character recognicable from countless of works, but still fascinating.

The novel works perhaps best if it's being thought of as a description of the early 19th century England, and especially the lower class, whose part in that era social structure is quite disturbing, especially as that same kind of social exploitation is still being commited around the world, and even all so-called siviliced countries don't have a decent social health-care system, paid maternity leave or affortable educational system etc.

"Oliver Twist" is a classical example of the romantic genre of literature, where all difficulties are conquered, as amazing coincidences unite people together.

"Oliver Twist" can't be judged by the criterias of today, as it is packed with storytelling underlines and events and coincidences beyond beliavability, backed with too many shallow characters. It's nearly two hundered years old, and should be respected as the classic it is, even if it's a painfully ridiculous read, that perhaps underestimates the readers of the 21st ceuntury.